[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 23 (Friday, February 3, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7457-7458]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-02276]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0035254; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: 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 (UWM) 
has completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary 
objects and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between 
the human remains and associated funerary objects and Indian Tribes or 
Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The human remains and 
associated funerary objects were removed from Brown County, WI.

DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary 
objects in this notice may occur on or after March 6, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Jennifer R. Haas, NAGPRA Coordinator, University of 
Wisconsin-Milwaukee, P.O. Box 413, Milwaukee, WI 53201, telephone (414) 
229-3078, email [email protected].

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 UWM. 
The National Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in 
this notice. Additional information on the determinations in this 
notice, including the results of consultation, can be found in the 
inventory or related records held by UWM.

Description

    Human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed 
from Brown County, WI, during the 1978 and 1979 investigations at the 
McGuire/Beaumier Farm site (47-BR-60) by a private cultural resource 
management firm as part of a survey project of the Green Bay coastal 
corridor. The site dates to the Late Woodland (A.D. 900 to 1300), 
Oneota (A.D. 1100 to 1600), and/or Historic Native American periods. 
This collection was transferred to UWM sometime between 2000 and 2010. 
No associated funerary objects are present.
    Human remains representing, at minimum, two individuals were 
removed from Brown County, WI,

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during the 1978 and 1979 investigations at the Bordeleau site (47-BR-
222) by a cultural resource management firm as part of a survey project 
of the Green Bay coastal corridor. The site dates to the Woodland (500 
BC to A.D. 1300), Oneota (A.D. 1100 to 1600), and/or Historic Native 
American periods. This collection was transferred to UWM sometime 
between 2000 and 2010. The one associated funerary object is one rolled 
copper bead.
    In October of 1988, human remains representing, at minimum, five 
individuals were removed from the Astor site (47-BR-0243) in Brown 
County, WI, during Great Lakes Archaeological Research Center 
excavations for the South Adams Street Development Project. The site 
dates to the Middle to Late Archaic (4500 to 500 BC) and/or Oneota 
(A.D. 1100 to 1600) periods. (The site also has Middle Woodland (A.D. 0 
to 400) and Late Woodland (A.D. 900 to 1300) components, but the 
burials are believed to be associated with the site's Oneota and/or 
Middle to Late Archaic occupation.) This collection was transferred to 
UWM in the early 2000s. The two associated funerary objects are two 
lots containing shell-tempered pottery sherds, lithic debitage, fire-
cracked rock, faunal material, and historic items.

Cultural Affiliation

    The human remains and associated funerary objects in this notice 
are connected to one or more identifiable earlier groups, tribes, 
peoples, or cultures. There is a relationship of shared group identity 
between the identifiable earlier groups, tribes, peoples, or cultures 
and one or more Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations. The 
following types of information were used to reasonably trace the 
relationship: geographical, archeological, and expert opinion.

Determinations

    Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after 
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 
organizations, UWM has determined that:
     The human remains described in this notice represent the 
physical remains of eight individuals of Native American ancestry.
     The three objects described in this notice 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.
     There is a relationship of shared group identity that can 
be reasonably traced between the human remains and associated funerary 
objects described in this notice 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.

Requests for Repatriation

    Written requests for repatriation of the human remains and 
associated funerary objects in this notice must be sent to the 
Responsible Official identified in ADDRESSES. Requests for repatriation 
may be submitted by:
    1. Any one or more of the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian 
organizations identified in this notice.
    2. 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 human remains and associated funerary objects 
in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after March 6, 2023. If 
competing requests for repatriation are received, UWM must determine 
the most appropriate requestor prior to repatriation. Requests for 
joint repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects 
are considered a single request and not competing requests. UWM is 
responsible for sending a copy of this notice to the Indian Tribes in 
this notice.
    Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, 
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.9, 10.10, 
and 10.14.

    Dated: January 27, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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