Notice2026-10028
Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, Oshkosh, WI
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Published
May 19, 2026
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh (UWO) has completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and associated funerary objects and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 96 (Tuesday, May 19, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29165-29166]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-10028]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[N7165; NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0042801; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Wisconsin Oshkosh,
Oshkosh, WI
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh (UWO)
has completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary
objects and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between
the human remains and associated funerary objects and Indian Tribes or
Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice may occur on or after June 18, 2026.
ADDRESSES: Send written requests for repatriation of the human remains
and associated funerary objects in this notice to Adrienne Frie,
University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, 800 Algoma Boulevard, Oshkosh, WI
54901, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#6107130804002114160e12094f040514"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="dabca8b3bfbb9aafadb5a9b2f4bfbeaf">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice is published as part of the
National Park Service's administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA.
The determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of UWO,
and additional information on the determinations in this notice,
including the results of consultation, can be found in the inventory or
related records. The National Park Service is not responsible for the
determinations in this notice.
Abstract of Information Available
Human remains representing, at least, two individuals have been
identified. The individuals were removed from the Bartz Mound Group
(47-CT-0017), Calumet County, WI. UWO has possession of individuals and
items that were removed from this site as part of an archaeological
survey in the 1980s. There are 13 associated funerary objects from the
Bartz Mound Group. The 13 associated funerary objects are three lots of
faunal remains; one floral sample; one lot of undecorated grit tempered
body sherds; one lot decorated grit tempered rim sherds; one lot kaolin
pipe; three lots of lithics; one lot of undecorated shell tempered body
sherds; and two lots of soil.
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Human remains representing, at least, one individual have been
identified. The individual was removed from the Bartz Village site (47-
CT-0019), Calumet County, WI. UWO has possession of an individual and
items that were removed from this site as part of an archaeological
survey in the 1960s. There are 30 associated funerary objects from the
Bartz Village site. The 30 associated funerary objects are one bone
awl; three lots of faunal remains; three lots of decorated grit
tempered body sherds; three lots of undecorated grit tempered body
sherds; three lots of decorated grit tempered rim sherds; three lots of
undecorated grit tempered rim sherds; one kaolin pipe; six lots of
lithics; one lot of grit tempered body sherds (missing); two lots of
lithics (missing); one lot of shell (missing); two lots of undecorated
shell tempered body sherds; and one lot of soil.
Human remains representing, at least, one individual have been
identified. The individual was removed from the Wagner site (47-CT-
0102), Calumet County, WI. UWO has possession of an individual and
items there were removed from this site as part of an archaeological
survey in 1984. There are 23 associated funerary objects from the
Wagner site. The 23 associated funerary objects are four lots of faunal
remains; one lot of undecorated grit tempered body sherds; two lots of
kaolin pipes; five lots of lithics; four lots of post-contact pottery;
one round iron nail; two lots of undecorated shell tempered body
sherds; one smoothed mammal bone; and three lots of square iron nails.
Cultural Affiliation
Based on the information available and the results of consultation,
cultural affiliation is reasonably identified by the geographical
location of the human remains and associated funerary objects described
in this notice.
Determinations
UWO has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of four individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The 66 objects described in this notice are reasonably
believed to have been placed intentionally with or near individual
human remains at the time of death or later as part of the death rite
or ceremony.
<bullet> There is a reasonable connection between the human remains
and associated funerary objects described in this notice and the
Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Indian Reservation,
Montana; Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians
of the Bad River Reservation, Wisconsin; Bay Mills Indian Community,
Michigan; Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe of the Cheyenne River Reservation,
South Dakota; Chippewa Cree Indians of the Rocky Boy's Reservation,
Montana; Citizen Potawatomi Nation, Oklahoma; Crow Creek Sioux Tribe of
the Crow Creek Reservation, South Dakota; Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe
of South Dakota; Forest County Potawatomi Community, Wisconsin; Grand
Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, Michigan; Hannahville
Indian Community, Michigan; Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin; Iowa Tribe of
Kansas and Nebraska; Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma; Keweenaw Bay Indian
Community, Michigan; Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
Indians of Wisconsin; Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
Indians of the Lac du Flambeau Reservation of Wisconsin; Lac Vieux
Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Michigan; Little Shell
Tribe of Chippewa Indians of Montana; Lower Brule Sioux Tribe of the
Lower Brule Reservation, South Dakota; Lower Sioux Indian Community in
the State of Minnesota; Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi
(previously listed as Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi
Indians of Michigan); Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin; Miami Tribe
of Oklahoma; Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota (Six component
reservations: Bois Forte Band (Nett Lake); Fond du Lac Band; Grand
Portage Band; Leech Lake Band; Mille Lacs Band; White Earth Band);
Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi, Michigan; Oglala Sioux
Tribe; Otoe-Missouria Tribe of Indians, Oklahoma; Pokagon Band of
Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and Indiana; Prairie Band Potawatomi
Nation; Prairie Island Indian Community in the State of Minnesota; Red
Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; Red Lake
Band of Chippewa Indians, Minnesota; Rosebud Sioux Tribe of the Rosebud
Indian Reservation, South Dakota; Sac & Fox Nation of Missouri in
Kansas and Nebraska; Sac & Fox Nation, Oklahoma; Sac & Fox Tribe of the
Mississippi in Iowa; Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan; Santee
Sioux Nation, Nebraska; Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians,
Michigan; Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community of Minnesota; Sisseton-
Wahpeton Oyate of the Lake Traverse Reservation, South Dakota; Sokaogon
Chippewa Community, Wisconsin; Spirit Lake Tribe, North Dakota; St.
Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; Standing Rock Sioux Tribe of North
& South Dakota; Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians of North
Dakota; Upper Sioux Community, Minnesota; Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska;
and the Yankton Sioux Tribe of South Dakota.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the human remains and
associated funerary objects in this notice must be sent to the
authorized representative identified in this notice under ADDRESSES.
Requests for repatriation may be submitted by:
1. Any one or more of the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations identified in this notice.
2. Any lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian
organization not identified in this notice who shows, by a
preponderance of the evidence, that the requestor is a lineal
descendant or a culturally affiliated Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization.
Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects
in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after June 18, 2026. If
competing requests for repatriation are received, UWO must determine
the most appropriate requestor prior to repatriation. Requests for
joint repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects
are considered a single request and not competing requests. UWO is
responsible for sending a copy of this notice to the Indian Tribes and
Native Hawaiian organizations identified in this notice.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.10.
Dated: May 12, 2026.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2026-10028 Filed 5-18-26; 8:45 am]
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