[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 20 (Tuesday, January 30, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4242-4243]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-01711]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0024298; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: Office of the State 
Archaeologist, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Office of the State Archaeologist Bioarchaeology Program, 
previously listed as the Office of the State Archaeologist Burials 
Program, has completed an inventory of human remains, in consultation 
with the appropriate Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations, 
and has determined that there is no cultural affiliation between the 
human remains and any present-day Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian 
organizations. Representatives of any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian 
organization not identified in this notice that wish to request 
transfer of control of these human remains should submit a written 
request to the Office of the State Archaeologist Bioarchaeology 
Program. If no additional requestors come forward, transfer of control 
of the human remains to the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian 
organizations stated in this notice may proceed.

DATES: Representatives of any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian 
organization not identified in this notice that wish to request 
transfer of control of these human remains should submit a written 
request with information in support of the request to the Office of the 
State Archaeologist Bioarchaeology Program at the address in this 
notice by March 1, 2018.

ADDRESSES: Dr. Lara Noldner, Office of the State Archaeologist 
Bioarchaeology Program, University of Iowa, 700 S Clinton Street, Iowa 
City, IA 52242, telephone (319) 384-0740, email [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 under 
the control of the Office of the State Archaeologist Bioarchaeology 
Program, Iowa City, IA. The human remains were removed from Grant and 
Richland Counties, WI.
    This notice is published as part of the National Park Service's 
administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 U.S.C. 3003(d)(3) and 
43 CFR 10.11(d). 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.

Consultation

    A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by the Office 
of the State Archaeologist Bioarchaeology Program professional staff in 
consultation with representatives of the Bad River Band of the Lake 
Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians of the Bad River Reservation, 
Wisconsin; Citizen Potawatomi Nation, Oklahoma; Flandreau Santee Sioux 
Tribe of South Dakota; Forest County Potawatomi Community, Wisconsin; 
Hannahville Indian Community, Michigan; Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin; 
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; Lower Sioux Indian Community in the State of Minnesota; 
Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin; 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); Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation (previously listed as 
the Prairie Band of Potawatomi Nation, Kansas); Prairie Island Indian 
Community in the State of Minnesota; Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior 
Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; Sac & Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas 
and Nebraska; Sac & Fox Nation, Oklahoma; Sac & Fox Tribe of the 
Mississippi in Iowa; Santee Sioux Nation, Nebraska; Sisseton-Wahpeton 
Oyate of the Lake Traverse Reservation, South Dakota; Sokaogon Chippewa

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Community, Wisconsin; Spirit Lake Tribe, North Dakota; St. Croix 
Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; Stockbridge Munsee Community, Wisconsin; 
Upper Sioux Community, Minnesota; and the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska 
(hereafter referred to as ``The Consulted Tribes'').
    Representatives of the Wahpekute Band of Dakota, a non-federally 
recognized group, were also involved in the consultation.

History and Description of the Remains

    At an unknown date, human remains representing a minimum of five 
individuals were removed from an unknown location south of Potosi, in 
Grant County, WI. The human remains were collected from the bank of the 
Mississippi River by a high school student, and were donated to the 
Mississippi River Museum in Dubuque, IA, on June 12, 1975 (accession 
#75-83.2). These human remains were transferred to the Office of the 
State Archaeologist Bioarchaeology Program in 1995. A middle-aged to 
old adult and an old adult, both of indeterminate sex, are represented 
by the human remains. Also present are three individuals aged 0.5 to 
2.5 years, 5 to 9 years, and 9 to 15 years (Burial Project 910). No 
known individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects are 
present.
    At an unknown date, human remains representing a minimum of one 
individual were removed from an unspecified mound, possibly near Garner 
Lake in Richland County, WI. The human remains were given to Richard 
Herrmann by Herman Bieg. At an unknown date, the human remains were 
donated to the Ham House Museum in Dubuque, IA. In 1986, the human 
remains were transferred to the Office of the State Archaeologist 
Bioarchaeology Program. A female between the ages of 25 and 45 years is 
represented by the human remains. Cranial metrics and dental morphology 
support the identification of this individual as Native American 
(Burial Project 655). No known individual was identified. No associated 
funerary objects are present.
    Osteological analyses indicate the human remains are Native 
American. However, these human remains cannot be dated or attributed to 
a particular archeological context in Wisconsin and cannot be 
affiliated with any present-day Indian Tribe or group.

Determinations Made by the Office of the State Archaeologist 
Bioarchaeology Program

    Officials of the Office of the State Archaeologist Bioarchaeology 
Program have determined that:
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described 
in this notice are Native American based on cranial metrics, dental 
morphology, and provenience.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described 
in this notice represent the physical remains of 6 individuals of 
Native American ancestry.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), a relationship of shared 
group identity cannot be reasonably traced between the Native American 
human remains and any present-day Indian Tribe.
     According to final judgments of the Indian Claims 
Commission or the Court of Federal Claims, the land from which the 
Native American human remains were removed is the aboriginal land of 
The Consulted Tribes.
     Treaties, Acts of Congress, or Executive Orders, indicate 
that the land from which the Native American human remains were removed 
is the aboriginal land of The Consulted Tribes.
     Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the disposition of the 
human remains may be to The Consulted Tribes.

Additional Requestors and Disposition

    Representatives of any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization 
not identified in this notice that wish to request transfer of control 
of these human remains should submit a written request with information 
in support of the request to Dr. Lara Noldner, Office of the State 
Archaeologist Bioarchaeology Program, University of Iowa, 700 S Clinton 
Street, Iowa City, IA 52242, telephone (319) 384-0740, email [email protected], by March 1, 2018. After that date, if no additional 
requestors have come forward, transfer of control of the human remains 
to The Consulted Tribes may proceed.
    The Office of the State Archaeologist Bioarchaeology Program is 
responsible for notifying The Consulted Tribes that this notice has 
been published.

    Dated: October 3, 2017.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.

    Editor's Note: This document was received at the office of the 
Federal Register On January 25, 2018.

[FR Doc. 2018-01711 Filed 1-29-18; 8:45 am]
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