[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 175 (Tuesday, September 10, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 73444-73445]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-20301]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038661; 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: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and 
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh (UWO) 
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.

DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary 
objects in this notice may occur on or after October 10, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Adrienne Frie, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, 800 Algoma 
Boulevard, Oshkosh, WI 54901, telephone (920) 424-1365, 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 UWO, 
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, human remains representing, at 
least, one individual have been reasonably identified. It is unknown 
when the individual came into the possession of UWO Archaeology 
Collection. Cards found in the box with the individual list the 
location as Weyauwega, Waupaca County, WI and there is no other 
contextual information associated with the individual. No associated 
funerary objects are present.
    Based on the information available, human remains representing, at 
least, 11 individuals have been reasonably identified. The individuals 
came into possession of UWO in 2019 from the Waushara County Medical 
Examiner. They were given to the medical examiner by Robert J. 
Gilbert's daughter after his death. After reaching out to the Gilbert 
family, the children recalled the individuals were taken by Robert J. 
Gilbert and his friend, Ted Long, after they saw that burials had been 
disturbed by construction in Marquette or Waushara County. The six 
associated funerary objects are one lot of faunal remains, one lot of 
lithics, one lot of grit tempered ceramic fragments, one lot of shell 
tempered ceramic fragments, one lot of mortar remains, and one lot of 
iron fragments.

Cultural Affiliation

    Based on the information available and the results of consultation, 
cultural affiliation is reasonably identified by the geographical 
location of the human remains and associated funerary objects described 
in this notice.

Determinations

    UWO has determined that:
     The human remains described in this notice represent the 
physical remains of 12 individuals of Native American ancestry.
     The six 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 human remains 
and associated funerary objects described in this notice and 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; Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe of the Cheyenne River Reservation, 
South Dakota; 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; Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe 
of South Dakota; Forest County Potawatomi Community, Wisconsin; Grand 
Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, Michigan; Hannahville 
Indian Community, Michigan; Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin; 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; Kickapoo Tribe 
of Oklahoma; 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; Lac Vieux Desert Band of 
Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Michigan; Little Shell Tribe of 
Chippewa Indians of Montana; Lower Brule Sioux Tribe of the Lower Brule 
Reservation, South Dakota; Lower Sioux Indian Community in the State of 
Minnesota; Match-e-be-nash-she-wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians of 
Michigan; Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin; Miami Tribe of Oklahoma; 
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); Nottawaseppi Huron Band 
of the Potawatomi, Michigan; Oglala Sioux Tribe; Otoe-Missouria Tribe 
of Indians, Oklahoma; Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and 
Indiana; Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation; Prairie Island Indian 
Community in the State of Minnesota; Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior 
Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians, 
Minnesota; Rosebud Sioux Tribe of the Rosebud Indian Reservation, South 
Dakota; Sac & Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska; Sac & Fox 
Nation, Oklahoma; Sac & Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa; Saginaw 
Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan; Santee Sioux Nation, Nebraska; Sault 
Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians, Michigan; Shakopee Mdewakanton 
Sioux Community of Minnesota; Sisseton-

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Wahpeton Oyate of the Lake Traverse Reservation, South Dakota; Sokaogon 
Chippewa Community, Wisconsin; Spirit Lake Tribe, North Dakota; St. 
Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; Standing Rock Sioux Tribe of North 
& South Dakota; Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians of North 
Dakota; Upper Sioux Community, Minnesota; Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska; 
and the Yankton Sioux Tribe of South Dakota.

Requests for Repatriation

    Written requests for repatriation of the human remains and 
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 human remains and associated funerary objects 
in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after October 10, 2024. 
If competing requests for repatriation are received, UWO 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. UWO 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: August 29, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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