[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 99 (Thursday, May 22, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 28063]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-13462]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Notice of Inventory Completion for Native American Human Remains 
and Associated Funerary Objects From Wisconsin in the Possession of the 
Neville Public Museum of Brown County, Green Bay, WI

AGENCY: National Park Service

ACTION: Notice

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    Notice is hereby given in accordance with provisions of the Native 
American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 
3003 (d), of the completion of an inventory of human remains and 
associated funerary objects from Wisconsin in the possession of the 
Neville Public Museum of Brown County, Green Bay, WI.
    A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by Neville 
Public Museum professional staff in consultation with representatives 
of the Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin, the Iowa Tribe of Kansas, the Iowa 
Tribe of Oklahoma, and the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska.
    In 1940, human remains representing seven individuals were 
recovered from Point Sable, Brown County, WI during a utility work 
project. These human remains and associated funerary objects were 
donated to the Neville Public Museum by H.L. Ward, Payson Williams, and 
Mrs. E.O. Paulson the same year. No known individuals were identified. 
The 487 associated funerary objects include ceramics, bark and wood 
fragments, turtle carapace fragments, mammal, fish, and bird bones, a 
turtle net-spreader, shell, brass and/or copper beads, a gun flint, 
brass or copper bracelets, shell gorget fragment, and an antler flaker.
    These individual have been identified as Native American based on 
the associated funerary objects and apparent age of the burials. The 
presence of Oneota-style vessels and Allamakee Trailed sherds, as well 
as a gun flint indicate a late precontact to early historic period date 
of internment for these individuals. The Ioway peoples have been 
culturally affiliated with the Oneota based on continuties of material 
culture, and historical documents. Historical documents, archeological 
evidence, and ethnohistoric evidence indicate a continual Ho-Chunk 
(Winnebago) presence on the east side of Green Bay from precontact 
period into the historic period. Oral history evidence presented by 
representatives of the Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin, the Iowa Tribe of 
Kansas, the Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma, and the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska 
further indicate Oneota affilation in this area of Brown County with 
these present day tribes.
    Based on the above mentioned information, officials of the Neville 
Public Museum have determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 (d)(1), the 
human remains listed above represent the physical remains of seven 
individuals of Native American ancestry. Officials of the Neville 
Public Museum have also determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 
(3)(A), the 487 objects listed above are reasonably believed to have 
been placed with or near individual human remains at the time of death 
or later as part of the death rite or ceremony. Lastly, officials of 
the Neville Public Museum have determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 
3001 (2), there is a relationship of shared group identity which can be 
reasonably traced between these Native American human remains and 
associated funerary objects and the Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin, the 
Iowa Tribe of Kansas, the Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma, and the Winnebago 
Tribe of Nebraska.
    This notice has been sent to officials of the Ho-Chunk Nation of 
Wisconsin, the Iowa Tribe of Kansas, the Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma, and 
the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska. Representatives of any other Indian 
tribe that believes itself to be culturally affiliated with these human 
remains and associated funerary objects should contact Ann Koski, 
Director, Neville Public Museum of Brown County, 210 Museum Place, 
Green Bay, WI 54303; telephone: (414) 448-4460, before June 23, 1997. 
Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects to 
the Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma may begin after that date if no additional 
claimants come forward.
Dated: May 16, 1997.
Francis P. McManamon,
Departmental Consulting Archeologist,
Manager, Archeology and Ethnography Program.
[FR Doc. 97-13462 Filed 5-21-97; 8:45 am]
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