Notice of Intended Repatriation: University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI

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In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee intends to repatriate certain cultural items that meet the definition of unassociated funerary objects and that have a cultural affiliation with the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.

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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 203 (Thursday, October 22, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66734-66735]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-21559]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[N7589; NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0044041; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Intended Repatriation: University of Wisconsin-
Milwaukee, Milwaukee, 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-Milwaukee 
intends to repatriate certain cultural items that meet the definition 
of unassociated funerary objects and that have a cultural affiliation 
with the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.

DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items in this notice may occur on 
or after November 23, 2026.

ADDRESSES: Send additional, written requests for repatriation of the 
cultural items in this notice to Jennifer R. Haas, University of 
Wisconsin-Milwaukee, PO Box 413, Milwaukee, WI 53201, email 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#593138382a332b192c2e34773c3d2c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a7cfc6c6d4cdd5e7d2d0ca89c2c3d2">[email&#160;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 the 
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and additional information on the 
determinations in this notice, including the results of consultation, 
can be found in the summary or related records. The National Park 
Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice.

Abstract of Information Available

    A total of one lot of cultural items have been requested for 
repatriation. The one lot of unassociated funerary objects are faunal 
bone, shell, lithics, pottery, ochre, sediment samples, and fossils. 
The cultural items were removed from the Fisher site (11WI0005) in Will 
County, Illinois in circa 1946-1950 under the direction of George R. 
Horner of Wheaton College. The Horner investigations focused on the 
house pit 48 area. The collection dates to approximately A.D. 800-1400 
and the late 17th century. No hazardous substances are known to have 
been used to treat any of the cultural items.

Determinations

    The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee has determined that:
    <bullet> The one lot of unassociated funerary objects described in 
this notice are reasonably believed to have been placed intentionally 
with or near human remains, and are connected, either at the time of 
death or later as part of the death rite or ceremony of a Native 
American culture according to the Native American traditional knowledge 
of a lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization. 
The unassociated funerary objects have been identified by a 
preponderance of the evidence as related to human remains, specific 
individuals, or families, or removed from a specific burial site or 
burial area of an individual or individuals with cultural affiliation 
to an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization.
    <bullet> There is a connection between the cultural items described 
in this notice and the Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin.

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Requests for Repatriation

    Additional, written requests for repatriation of the cultural items 
in this notice must be sent to the authorized representative identified 
in this notice under ADDRESSES. Requests for repatriation may be 
submitted by 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 cultural items in this notice to a requestor 
may occur on or after November 23, 2026. If competing requests for 
repatriation are received, the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee must 
determine the most appropriate requestor prior to repatriation. 
Requests for joint repatriation of the cultural items are considered a 
single request and not competing requests. The University of Wisconsin-
Milwaukee is responsible for sending a copy of this notice to the 
Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations identified in this 
notice and to any other consulting parties.
    Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, 
25 U.S.C. 3004 and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.9.

    Dated: October 15, 2026.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2026-21559 Filed 10-21-26; 8:45 am]
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