[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 23 (Friday, February 3, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7453-7454]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-02277]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0035257; 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 Jefferson, Kenosha, 
Ozaukee, Waukesha, and Winnebago Counties, 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

    On an unknown date, human remains representing, at minimum, one 
individual were removed by unknown individuals near Bingham's Point, by 
Lake Koshkonong, in Jefferson County, WI. The human remains and 
associated funerary objects, which had been removed from the surface of 
the ground, date to the nineteenth century. This collection was given 
to David Overstreet in the 1970s, who, in January of 2006, donated it 
collection to the UWM. The two associated funerary objects are one 
metal brooch and one lot of faunal bones.
    On an unknown date, human remains representing, at minimum, one 
individual were removed by amateur archeologist Paul Turney from the 
Milford/Koester site (47-JE-44) in Jefferson County, WI. Turney removed 
soil from the site containing fragmentary human remains. This 
collection was transferred to the UWM in 1990, after Turney's death. 
The one associated funerary object is the soil removed together with 
the human remains.
    On an unknown date human remains representing, at minimum, four 
individuals were removed by collector Phil Sander from a house 
construction site near Barnes Creek (47-KN-41) in Kenosha County, WI. 
The Barnes Creek site dates to the Archaic (8000 to 500 BC), Early 
Woodland Red Ocher culture (500 BC to A.D. 0), Middle Woodland (A.D. 0 
to 400), Late Woodland (A.D. 900 to 1300), and Historic periods. 
Archeologically, the burials are associated with the Red Ocher 
component. On an unknown date, Sander gave the human remains to David 
Overstreet, and in 2006, Overstreet donated them to the UWM. The two 
associated funerary objects are one porcelain (or ceramic) figurine and 
one piece of metal.
    In 1848, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual 
were removed from Kenosha County, WI, when the Hasselman family were 
excavating a gravel pit on their farm approximately 0.5 mile south of 
Wilmot, near the Fox River. According to records from the Kenosha 
Historic Society (KCHS), the family stated that a projectile point was 
piercing one of the vertebrae and that pottery sherds were also found 
in the pit. The human remains and associated funerary objects date from 
the Archaic (8000 to 500 BC) and Middle Woodland (A.D. 0 to 400) 
periods. In 1936, this collection was donated to the KCHS Museum by Dr. 
B.A. Becker, and in 1988, it was transferred to the UWM. The two 
associated funerary objects are one projectile point and one lot of 
pottery sherds.
    In June of 1978, human remains representing, at minimum, one 
individual were removed by two boys at an Elm Grove construction site 
near the Convent Knoll site (47-WK-0327), in Waukesha County, WI. The 
site dates to the Early Woodland period (500 BC to A.D. 0). The boys 
brought the human remains to Elm Grove Village Hall, and they were 
eventually given to David Overstreet. In 2006, Overstreet donated the 
human remains to the UWM. No associated funerary objects are present.
    On July 29, 1988, human remains representing, at minimum, one 
individual were removed during the UWM Department of Anthropology's 
archeological field school excavations at the Klug Island site (47-OZ-
67) in Ozaukee County, WI. This site dates to the Late Woodland (A.D. 
900 to 1300), Mississippian (A.D. 1100 to 1300), and possibly Oneota 
(A.D. 1100 to 1600) periods. These human remains belong to the Late 
Woodland or Mississippian components. Sometime during 1988, the human 
remains and associated funerary objects were transported to the UWM. 
The two associated funerary objects are one trumpeter swan tibiotarsus 
and one projectile point.
    At an unknown date, human remains representing, at minimum, two 
individuals were removed from Winnebago County, WI. In 1964, G. Richard 
Peske (Wisconsin State University-Oshkosh) completed excavations at the 
Lasley's Point site (47-WN-0096/47-WN-0008), and it is believed these 
human remains were removed during those excavations. This site dates to 
the Oneota Lake Winnebago Phase (A.D. 1300 to 1600). At an unknown 
date, these human remains were transferred to the UWM. No associated 
funerary objects are present.
    At an unknown date, human remains representing, at minimum, one 
individual were removed by an unknown individual from the Kregel Site 
(47-WN-211) in Winnebago County, WI. The site dates to the Oneota Lake 
Winnebago Phase (A.D. 1300 to 1600). In the early 2000s, a private 
cultural resources management firm transferred this collection to the 
UWM as part of a larger donation. The one associated funerary object is 
a lot comprised of lithics and ceramics.

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

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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 12 individuals of Native American ancestry.
     The 10 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 
identified 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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