[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 109 (Tuesday, June 7, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34716-34718]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-12113]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0034000; 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: The University of Wisconsin Oshkosh has completed an inventory 
of human remains and associated funerary objects, in consultation with 
the appropriate Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations and has 
determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human 
remains and associated funerary objects and

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present-day Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations. Lineal 
descendants or 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 and associated funerary 
objects should submit a written request to the University of Wisconsin 
Oshkosh. If no additional requestors come forward, transfer of control 
of the human remains and associated funerary objects to the lineal 
descendants, Indian Tribes, or Native Hawaiian organizations stated in 
this notice may proceed.

DATES: Lineal descendants or 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 and associated 
funerary objects should submit a written request with information in 
support of the request to the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh at the 
address in this notice by July 7, 2022.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Adrienne Frie, University of 
Wisconsin--Oshkosh, 800 Algoma Blvd., Oshkosh, WI 54901, telephone 
(920) 424-1365, 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 and 
associated funerary objects under the control of the University of 
Wisconsin Oshkosh, Oshkosh, WI. The human remains and associated 
funerary objects were removed from the Reigh Site (47-WN-0001) in 
Winnebago 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 and associated funerary objects. 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 
University of Wisconsin Oshkosh professional staff in consultation with 
representatives of 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; Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe of South 
Dakota; Forest County Potawatomi Community, Wisconsin; Grand Traverse 
Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, Michigan; Ho-Chunk Nation of 
Wisconsin; Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma; Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake 
Superior Chippewa Indians of Michigan; Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa 
Indians of Montana; Match-e-be-nash-she-wish Band of Pottawatomi 
Indians of Michigan; Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin; Minnesota 
Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota (Fond du Lac Band; Mille Lacs Band; White 
Earth Band); Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi, Michigan 
(previously listed as Huron Potawatomi, Inc.); Oneida Nation 
(previously listed as Oneida Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin); Onondaga 
Nation; Otoe-Missouria Tribe of Indians, Oklahoma; Pokagon Band of 
Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and Indiana; Prairie Band Potawatomi 
Nation (previously listed as Prairie Band of Potawatomi Nation, 
Kansas); Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; 
Rosebud Sioux Tribe of the Rosebud Indian Reservation, South Dakota; 
Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan; Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of 
Chippewa Indians, Michigan; Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community of 
Minnesota; Sokaogon Chippewa Community, Wisconsin; Standing Rock Sioux 
Tribe of North & South Dakota; Stockbridge Munsee Community, Wisconsin; 
Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska; and one non-federally recognized Indian 
group, Brothertown Indian Nation.
    An invitation to consult was extended to the Cayuga Nation; 
Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe of the Cheyenne River Reservation, South 
Dakota; Chippewa Cree Indians of the Rocky Boy's Reservation, Montana 
(previously listed as 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; Hannahville 
Indian Community, Michigan; Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska; Iowa 
Tribe of Oklahoma; Keweenaw Bay Indian Community, Michigan; Kickapoo 
Traditional Tribe of Texas; Kickapoo Tribe of Indians of the Kickapoo 
Reservation in Kansas; 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; 
Little River Band of Ottawa Indians, Michigan; Little Traverse Bay 
Bands of Odawa Indians, Michigan; Lower Brule Sioux Tribe of the Lower 
Brule Reservation, South Dakota; Lower Sioux Indian Community in the 
State of Minnesota; Miami Tribe of Oklahoma; Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, 
Minnesota (Bois Forte Band (Nett Lake); Grand Portage Band; Leech Lake 
Band); Oglala Sioux Tribe (previously listed as Oglala Sioux Tribe of 
the Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota); Oneida Indian Nation 
(previously listed as Oneida Nation of New York); Ottawa Tribe of 
Oklahoma; Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; Prairie Island Indian 
Community in the State of Minnesota; Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians, 
Minnesota; Sac & Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska; Sac & 
Fox Nation, Oklahoma; Sac & Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa; Saint 
Regis Mohawk Tribe (previously listed as St. Regis Band of Mohawk 
Indians of New York); Santee Sioux Nation, Nebraska; Seneca Nation of 
Indians (previously listed as Seneca Nation of New York); Seneca-Cayuga 
Nation (previously listed as Seneca-Cayuga Tribe of Oklahoma); Spirit 
Lake Tribe, North Dakota; St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; The 
Osage Nation (previously listed as Osage Tribe); Tonawanda Band of 
Seneca (previously listed as Tonawanda Band of Seneca Indians of New 
York); Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians of North Dakota; 
Tuscarora Nation; Upper Sioux Community, Minnesota; Yankton Sioux Tribe 
of South Dakota; and two non-federally recognized Indian groups, the 
Burt Lake Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians; and the Grand River Band 
of Ottawa Indians.
    Hereafter, all Indian Tribes and groups listed in this section are 
referred to as ``The Consulted and Notified Tribes and Groups.''

History and Description of the Remains

    On an unknown date, human remains representing, at minimum, one 
individual were removed from the Reigh Site (47-WN-0001) in Winnebago 
County, WI. The first reports of disturbed burials at this location 
date back to the 1890s. In 1953, the land on which the site was located 
was quarried as a source of sand and gravel, which resulted in the 
discovery of burials by the B.F. Miller Excavating Company. Over time, 
the Oshkosh Public Museum, the Wisconsin Historical Society, the 
University of Wisconsin-Madison, and the Wisconsin Archaeological 
Survey sent fieldworkers to the site; excavations continued for several 
years.
    In the early 1990s, the human remains 
(47WN0001_UNKNOW.0001.HR.0001a through 47WN0001_UNKNO.0001.HR.0003a) 
were encountered in a storage container

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labeled with the site name and Smithsonian codification number. The 
human remains belong to an individual of undetermined sex, whose age is 
estimated to be between 8.6 years and 12.4 years. The burials at this 
site date to the Middle Archaic Stage (calibrated ca. 5000-1700 B.C.) 
and the Old Copper Industry (calibrated ca. 5000-1000 B.C.). 
Previously, the identification of a Middle Archaic tradition was 
premised on the side-notched bifaces found in some of the burials, 
specifically the Reigh side-notched knives and projectile points. More 
recently, a radiocarbon date from this site provided a calibrated one 
sigma range of 2350-1740 B.C. No known individual was identified. The 
one associated funerary object is a lot of fragmentary animal bones 
(47WN0001_UNKNOW.0001.FA.0001).

Determinations Made by the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh

    Officials of the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh have determined 
that:
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described 
in this notice represent the physical remains of one individual of 
Native American ancestry.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the one object described 
in this notice is 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.
     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 associated funerary objects and the Ho-Chunk 
Nation of Wisconsin; Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska; Iowa Tribe of 
Oklahoma; Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin; Otoe-Missouria Tribe of 
Indians, Oklahoma; and the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska (hereafter 
referred to as ``The Tribes'').

Additional Requestors and Disposition

    Lineal descendants or 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 and associated 
funerary objects should submit a written request with information in 
support of the request to Adrienne Frie, University of Wisconsin--
Oshkosh, 800 Algoma Blvd., Oshkosh, WI 54901 telephone (920) 424-1365, 
email [email protected], by July 7, 2022. After that date, if no 
additional requestors have come forward, transfer of control of the 
human remains and associated funerary objects to The Tribes may 
proceed.
    The University of Wisconsin Oshkosh is responsible for notifying 
The Consulted and Notified Tribes and Groups that this notice has been 
published.

    Dated: May 25, 2022.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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