Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, Oshkosh, WI, 73372-73373 [2023-23546]

Agencies

• DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
• National Park Service

[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 205 (Wednesday, October 25, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 73372-73373]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-23546]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0036803; 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 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 Winnebago, WI.

DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary 
objects in this notice may occur on or after November 24, 2023.

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 the 
University of Wisconsin Oshkosh. 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 the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh.

Description

    In 1975, human remains representing, at minimum, six individuals 
were removed from the Nile Roeder Site (47-WN-0197) in Winnebago, 
Winnebago County, WI, after being inadvertently found during 
construction. The principal investigator, Dr. Alaric Faulkner, 
performed a salvage excavation under the auspices of the University of 
Wisconsin Oshkosh. The 104 associated funerary objects are one bone 
flesher; one deer scapula hoe; one antler pressure flaker; one antler 
tool; one antler awl; one large mammal tooth fragment; one bear canine; 
one canid canine; one mussel shell; one fish otolith; one equid 
incisor; one lot of turtle shell fragments; one bear tooth fragment; 
one lot consisting of bird bones; one lot consisting of fish bones; two 
naiad shells; two lots consisting of naiad shells; two unidentified 
mammal bones; one lot consisting of unidentified small mammal bones; 
one unidentified large/medium mammal bone; one cord paddled and 
punctuated, grit-tempered ceramic rim sherd; three lots consisting of 
cord paddled, grit-tempered ceramic body sherds; one cord impressed, 
grit-tempered ceramic body sherd; one lot consisting of cord paddled 
and dentated, grit-tempered ceramic body sherds; three lots consisting 
of cord impressed, grit-tempered ceramic rim sherds; one lot consisting 
of cord impressed, grit-tempered ceramic rim sherds; one decorated, 
grit-tempered ceramic body sherd; one lot consisting of decorated, 
grit-tempered ceramic body sherds; one lot consisting of dentate, grit-
tempered ceramic body sherds; two diagnostic, grit-tempered ceramic rim 
sherds; one incised, grit-tempered ceramic rim sherd; five lots 
consisting of undecorated, grit-tempered ceramic body sherds; one lot 
consisting of undecorated, grit-tempered ceramic rim sherds; two 
undecorated, grit-tempered ceramic rim sherds; one decorated, shell-
tempered ceramic body sherd; one lot consisting of decorated, shell-
tempered ceramic body sherds; one lot consisting of diagnostic, shell-
tempered ceramic rim sherds; one impressed, shell-tempered ceramic rim 
sherd; one lot consisting of impressed and dentated, shell-tempered 
ceramic rim sherds; one lot consisting of incised, shell-tempered 
ceramic body sherds; one undecorated, shell-tempered ceramic rim; one 
lot consisting of cord impressed, shell-tempered ceramic body sherds; 
one lot consisting of impressed and trailed, shell-tempered ceramic rim 
sherds; three lots consisting of impressed, shell-tempered ceramic rim 
sherds; one impressed, trailed, and dentated shell-tempered ceramic rim 
sherd; one lot consisting of trailed and dentated, shell-tempered 
ceramic body sherds; one lot consisting of trailed and punctuated, 
shell-tempered ceramic rim sherds; four lots consisting of trailed, 
shell-tempered ceramic body sherds; six lots consisting of undecorated, 
shell-tempered ceramic body sherds; one trailed and punctuated, shell-
tempered ceramic rim sherd; one lot consisting of trailed, shell-
tempered ceramic rim sherds; four lots consisting of undecorated, 
shell-tempered ceramic rim sherds; one cord paddled, shell-tempered 
ceramic rim sherd; two corner notched, expanding stem projectile 
points; three fire cracked rocks; one hammerstone; one anvil stone; one 
biface projectile point; one biface tool fragment; six lots consisting 
of lithic debitage; one lithic drill; one lot consisting of lithic 
drills; one groundstone anvil; two lithic preforms; one side-notched 
projectile point; one lithic hafted knife; one shell-tempered clay disc 
fragment; one lot consisting of cuprous metal; and one soil matrix 
sample.

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 type of information was used to reasonably trace the 
relationship: geographical.

Determinations

    Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after 
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 
organizations, the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh has determined that:
     The human remains described in this notice represent the 
physical remains of six individuals of Native American ancestry.
     The 104 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 Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes 
of the Fort Peck Indian Reservation, Montana; Bad River Band

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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-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; 
Stockbridge Munsee Community, Wisconsin; 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 
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 November 24, 2023. 
If competing requests for repatriation are received, the University of 
Wisconsin Oshkosh 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. The University of Wisconsin Oshkosh 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: October 18, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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