[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 113 (Tuesday, June 11, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49191-49192]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-12715]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038069; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: Mukwonago Community Library, 
Mukwonago, 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 Mukwonago Community Library has 
completed an inventory of associated funerary objects and has 
determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the associated 
funerary objects and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in 
this notice.

DATES: Repatriation of the associated funerary objects in this notice 
may occur on or after July 11, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Abby Armour, Mukwonago Community Library, 511 Division 
Street,

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Mukwonago, WI 53149, telephone (262) 363-6411, 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 the 
Mukwonago Community Library, and additional information on the 
determinations in this notice, including the results of consultation, 
can be found in the inventory or related records. The National Park 
Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice.

Abstract of Information Available

    Based on the information available, associated funerary objects 
removed from Bennett Mound or Bennett Site (CA-SAC-16), Sacramento 
County, CA have been identified. On an unknown date, the associated 
funerary objects were likely removed by Jeremiah B. Lillard, based on 
handwriting found on item tags. On a date prior to 1965, Arthur 
Grutzmacher, a collector and dealer from Mukwonago, WI, obtained the 
associated funerary objects. Following his death in 1965, the 
associated funerary objects were bequeathed to the Mukwonago Community 
Library. The three associated funerary objects are one lot of shell 
beads, one lot of glass and stone beads, and one bone tube. Mukwonago 
Community Library has no knowledge of any potentially hazardous 
substances used to treat the associated funerary objects.

Cultural Affiliation

    Based on the information available and the results of consultation, 
cultural affiliation is clearly identified by the information available 
about the associated funerary objects described in this notice.

Determinations

    The Mukwonago Community Library has determined that:
     The three objects described in this notice are reasonably 
believed to have been placed intentionally with or near individual 
human remains at the time of death or later as part of the death rite 
or ceremony.
     There is a reasonable connection between the associated 
funerary objects described in this notice and the Buena Vista Rancheria 
of Me-Wuk Indians of California; California Valley Miwok Tribe, 
California; Chicken Ranch Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of California; 
Ione Band of Miwok Indians of California; Jackson Band of Miwuk 
Indians; Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians, Shingle Springs 
Rancheria (Verona Tract), California; Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians 
of the Tuolumne Rancheria of California; United Auburn Indian Community 
of the Auburn Rancheria of California; and the Wilton Rancheria, 
California.

Requests for Repatriation

    Written requests for repatriation of the associated funerary 
objects in this notice must be sent to the authorized representative 
identified in this notice under 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 associated funerary objects in this notice to a 
requestor may occur on or after July 11, 2024. If competing requests 
for repatriation are received, the Mukwonago Community Library must 
determine the most appropriate requestor prior to repatriation. 
Requests for joint repatriation of the associated funerary objects are 
considered a single request and not competing requests. The Mukwonago 
Community Library is responsible for sending a copy of this notice to 
the Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations identified in this 
notice.
    Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, 
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.10.

    Dated: May 31, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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