[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 83 (Monday, May 1, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25608-25609]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-4048]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Notice of Inventory Completion: Sheboygan County Historical 
Museum, Sheboygan, WI

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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    Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves 
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the 
completion of an inventory of human remains in the possession of 
Sheboygan County Historical Museum, Sheboygan, WI. The human remains 
were removed from Sheboygan County, WI.
    This notice is published as part of the National Park Service's 
administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 U.S.C. 3003 (d)(3). 
The determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of the 
museum, institution, or Federal agency that has control of the Native 
American human remains. The National Park Service is not responsible 
for the determinations in this notice.
    A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by Sheboygan 
County Historical Museum professional staff in consultation with 
representatives of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, Oklahoma; Forest 
County Potawatomi Community, Wisconsin; Hannahville Indian Community, 
Michigan; Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin; and Prairie Band of 
Potawatomi Nation, Kansas.
    In 1938, human remains representing a minimum of one individual 
were removed from the Sheboygan Marsh in Sheboygan County, WI, during 
the building of the Sheboygan dam, a Works Progress Administration 
project. The human remains were kept in private possession until they 
were donated by Mr. Charles Luksis of Sheboygan, WI, to the Sheboygan 
County Historical Museum in 1985. It is unknown if Mr. Luksis was the 
collector. No known individual was identified. No associated funerary 
objects are present.

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    The human remains are assumed to be of Native American ancestry 
because of the presence of other Native American sites, including a 
mound, in the immediate vicinity of the Sheboygan dam where the human 
remains were most likely recovered. There are no known historic or 
European burials in the area. The Sheboygan County Historical Museum 
has determined that the human remains are likely culturally affiliated 
with the Hannahville Indian Community, Michigan based on judicially 
established land areas of the Indian Claims Commission 1978. Finally, 
oral history and historic accounts of the presence of the tribe in the 
area by the tribal representative, independently verified by the staff 
of the Sheboygan County Historical Museum and the Sheboygan County 
Historical Research Center, also support the cultural affiliation to 
the Hannahville Indian Community, Michigan.
    On an unknown date, human remains representing a minimum of four 
individuals were removed from the Kraemer property in the Town of 
Rhine, Sheboygan County, WI, by an unknown person. The human remains 
were taken to the Sheboygan County Historical Museum and donated to the 
collection on February 11, 1936, by Mr. Charles E. Broughton, President 
of the Sheboygan County Historical Society. No known individuals were 
identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
    According to museum records, the human remains were excavated from 
a mound, which indicates that the human remains are Native American in 
origin. The Sheboygan County Historical Museum has determined that the 
human remains are most likely culturally affiliated with the 
Hannahville Indian Community, Michigan, based on an Indian Claims 
Commission decision (Land Claims Map ID  15). Furthermore, 
historic accounts of the presence of the tribe in the area by the 
tribal representative, independently verified by the staff of the 
Sheboygan County Historical Museum and the Sheboygan County Historical 
Research Center, also support the cultural affiliation to the 
Hannahville Indian Community, Michigan.
    Officials of the Sheboygan County Historical Museum have determined 
that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9-10), the human remains described 
above represent the physical remains of five individuals of Native 
American ancestry. Officials of the Sheboygan County Historical Museum 
also have determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (2), there is a 
relationship of shared group identity that can be reasonably traced 
between the Native American human remains and the Hannahville Indian 
Community, Michigan.
    Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to 
be culturally affiliated with the human remains should contact Casandra 
Karl, Registrar, Sheboygan County Historical Museum, 3110 Erie Avenue, 
Sheboygan, WI 53081, telephone (920) 458-1103, before May 31, 2006. 
Repatriation of the human remains to the Hannahville Indian Community, 
Michigan may proceed after that date if no additional claimants come 
forward.
    The Sheboygan County Historical Museum is responsible for notifying 
the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, Oklahoma; Forest County Potawatomi 
Community, Wisconsin; Hannahville Indian Community, Michigan; Menominee 
Indian Tribe of Wisconsin; and Prairie Band of Potawatomi Nation, 
Kansas that this notice has been published.

    Dated: March 22, 2006.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 06-4048 Filed 4-28-06; 8:45 am]
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