83 FR 17436 - Notice of Inventory Completion: Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, WI
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 76 (April 19, 2018)
National Park Service
Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 76 (April 19, 2018)
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| FR Document | 2018-08183 |
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 76 (Thursday, April 19, 2018)] [Notices] [Pages 17436-17438] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2018-08183] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR National Park Service [NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0025296, PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000] Notice of Inventory Completion: Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, WI AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. ACTION: Notice. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The Wisconsin Historical Society has completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects, in consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations, and has determined that there is no cultural affiliation between the human remains and associated funerary objects and any present-day Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations. Representatives of any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to request transfer of control of these human remains and associated funerary objects should submit a written request to the Wisconsin Historical Society. If no additional requestors come forward, transfer of control of the human remains and associated funerary objects to the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations stated in this notice may proceed. DATES: Representatives of any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to request transfer of control of these human remains and associated funerary objects should submit a written request with information in support of the request to the Wisconsin Historical [[Page 17437]] Society at the address in this notice by May 21, 2018. ADDRESSES: Jennifer Kolb, Wisconsin Historical Society, 816 State Street, Madison, WI 53706, telephone (608) 264-6434, email [email protected]. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the completion of an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects under the control of the Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, WI. The human remains and associated funerary objects were removed from four locations in Winnebago County, WI. This notice is published as part of the National Park Service's administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 U.S.C. 3003(d)(3) and 43 CFR 10.11(d). The determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of the museum, institution, or Federal agency that has control of the Native American human remains and associated funerary objects. The National Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice. Consultation A detailed assessment of the human remains and associated funerary objects was made by the Wisconsin Historical Society professional staff in consultation with representatives of the Forest County Potawatomi Community, Wisconsin; Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin; Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of the Lac du Flambeau Reservation of Wisconsin; Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin; and Upper Sioux Community, Minnesota. History and Description of the Remains In 1994, human remains representing, at minimum, four individuals were removed from Plummer's Point (47-WN-0055) in Winnebago County, WI. The site consists of a mound, garden beds, cache pits, fire pits, and burials. An unknown person collected the human remains eroding from an animal burrow. Through skeletal analysis, Wisconsin Historical Society staff determined the human remains represent three adults of indeterminate sex and one juvenile of indeterminate sex. No known individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects are present. In 1993, human remains representing, at minimum, three individuals were removed from Butte des Morts Burials (47-WN-0083) in Winnebago County, WI. The human remains were discovered while digging a trench for a water line on a residential plot. Wisconsin Historical Society Burial Sites Preservation Office staff and Jeff Behm, Assistant Professor of Anthropology at University of Wisconsin--Oshkosh (UW-- Oshkosh), excavated the burials. The exposed human remains were transferred to the Wisconsin Historical Society for examination while the rest of the burials were left in situ. The human remains were determined to represent two adult males and one adult female. No known individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects are present. In 1993, human remains representing, at minimum, 19 individuals were removed from the Barefoot Site (47-WN-0280) in Winnebago County, WI. The human remains were excavated prior to the construction of a new housing subdivision, just east of the town of Winneconne. Initial machine stripping of the site revealed numerous features and a number of burials. Mapping and limited excavations of these features were done by archeologists Richard and Carol Mason under the direction of the Wisconsin Historical Society Burial Sites Protection Office (BSPO). Archeologists from the BSPO excavated nine burials (Burials 1-9). An additional four burials were excavated by archeologists from UW-- Oshkosh; these human remains were transferred to the Wisconsin Historical Society (Burials 10-13). There is no archeological report describing Burials 1-9. Skeletal analysis for Burials 1-9 was completed in 2015 and it was discovered that none of the human remains were labeled as being from Burial 6. Because Wisconsin Historical Society has in its possession a copper celt that was found with Burial 6, it is possible that the human remains from Burial 6 are present but were mislabeled as being from another burial. However, absent an archeological report for Burials 1-9, it is impossible to determine which human remains were excavated from Burial 6 or if human remains were excavated from that feature. The human remains from all of the burial features were determined to represent eight adult males, four adult females, five juveniles, and two individuals of indeterminate age and sex. No known individuals were identified. The five associated funerary objects are one copper celt, one pipe, one chert point, one group of glass beads, and one stem fragment from a kaolin pipe. At an unknown date, human remains representing, at minimum, two individuals were removed from Blair Burials (47-WN-0720) in Winnebago County, WI. Sometime prior to 1912, the human remains were removed from a gravel pit located on the T.B. Blair property on a gravel ridge overlooking the western shore of Lake Butte des Morts. Charles E. Brown of the Wisconsin Historical Society states the human remains were discovered when a railroad cut was excavated. Blair donated the human remains to the Wisconsin Historical Society in 1920. In a letter to Charles E. Brown dated January 13, 1912, Blair states that he had two skulls in his possession. Based on the description given by Blair, it is assumed that these skulls are those currently in Wisconsin Historical Society's possession. In 1949, the mandible from one of the skulls was loaned to the University of Wisconsin--Madison and was returned to the Wisconsin Historical Society in 2011. Skeletal analysis conducted in 2005 determined that the human remains represent an adult, possibly female, and an adult male of mixed ancestry. This determination was confirmed after the return of the loaned mandible. No known individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects are present. Determinations Made by the Wisconsin Historical Society Officials of the Wisconsin Historical Society have determined that:Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described in this notice are Native American based on Wisconsin Historical Society records, burial location, archeological context, oral histories, and skeletal analysis. Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described in this notice represent the physical remains of 28 individuals of Native American ancestry. Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the five 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. Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), a relationship of shared group identity cannot be reasonably traced between the Native American human remains associated funerary objects and any present-day Indian Tribe. Treaties, Acts of Congress, or Executive Orders, indicate that the land from which the Native American human remains were removed is the aboriginal land of the Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin; Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin; Stockbridge Munsee Community, Wisconsin; and the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska. [[Page 17438]] Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the disposition of the human remains may be to the Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin; Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin; Stockbridge Munsee Community, Wisconsin; and the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska. Additional Requestors and Disposition Representatives of any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to request transfer of control of these human remains and associated funerary objects should submit a written request with information in support of the request to Jennifer Kolb, Wisconsin Historical Society, 816 State Street, Madison, WI 53706, telephone (608) 264-6434, email [email protected], by May 21, 2018. After that date, if no additional requestors have come forward, transfer of control of the human remains and associated funerary objects to the Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin; Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin; Stockbridge Munsee Community, Wisconsin; and the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska may proceed. The Wisconsin Historical Society is responsible for notifying the Forest County Potawatomi Community, Wisconsin; Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin; Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of the Lac du Flambeau Reservation of Wisconsin; Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin; Stockbridge Munsee Community, Wisconsin; Upper Sioux Community, Minnesota; and the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska that this notice has been published. Dated: March 22, 2018. Melanie O'Brien, Manager, National NAGPRA Program. [FR Doc. 2018-08183 Filed 4-18-18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4312-52-P
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within Mound 26. The earliest burials Wisconsin Historical Society records, 264–6434, email Jennifer.Kolb@
were interred in a single sub-floor burial burial location, archeological context, wisconsinhistory.org by May 21, 2018.
pit below the mound, and a second oral histories, and skeletal analysis. After that date, if no additional
internment phase consisted of two • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the requestors have come forward, transfer
distinct intrusive burial areas. Eight human remains described in this notice of control of the human remains and
separate bundle burials (Burials A–H) represent the physical remains of 57 associated funerary objects to The
were excavated and scattered individual individuals of Native American Aboriginal Land Tribes may proceed.
bones were also found in the burial pit. ancestry. The Wisconsin Historical Society is
Skeletal analysis determined that the • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), responsible for notifying The Aboriginal
remains represent 11 adult males, one the 48 objects described in this notice Land Tribes; Forest County Potawatomi
adult female, three adults of are reasonably believed to have been Community, Wisconsin; Ho-Chunk
indeterminate sex, six subadults, one placed with or near individual human Nation of Wisconsin; Lac du Flambeau
fetus, and one individual of remains at the time of death or later as Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
indeterminate age and sex. Similar to part of the death rite or ceremony. Indians of the Lac du Flambeau
Mound 4, five of the subadults were • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), a Reservation of Wisconsin; and
buried with at least one adult. No relationship of shared group identity Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin
known individuals were identified. The cannot be reasonably traced between the that this notice has been published.
48 associated funerary objects are 14 Native American human remains and
associated funerary objects and any Dated: March 22, 2018.
stone blades, one chert core, four
present-day Indian Tribe. Melanie O’Brien,
ceramic vessels, one clay plug, two
copper tubes, one sheet of copper, ten • Treaties, Acts of Congress, or Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
groups of stone flakes, one chert biface Executive Orders, indicate that the land [FR Doc. 2018–08175 Filed 4–18–18; 8:45 am]
fragment, nine groups of ceramic sherds, from which the Native American human BILLING CODE 4312–52–P
one group of charcoal, one group of remains and associated funerary objects
wood fragments, one group of animal were removed is the aboriginal land of
bone, and two groups of stone the Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
fragments. Fort Peck Indian Reservation, Montana;
In 2003, human remains representing, Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe of the National Park Service
at minimum, one individual were Cheyenne River Reservation, South [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0025296,
removed from the Mosquito Island Dakota; Crow Creek Sioux Tribe of the PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]
Sandbar Discovery (47–BF–0233) in Crow Creek Reservation, South Dakota;
Buffalo County, WI. The human remains Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe of South Notice of Inventory Completion:
from this site consist of a single femur Dakota; Lower Brule Sioux Tribe of the Wisconsin Historical Society,
found by a family playing on a sandbar Lower Brule Reservation, South Dakota; Madison, WI
near Mosquito Island in the Mississippi Lower Sioux Indian Community in the
State of Minnesota; Oglala Sioux Tribe AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
River. The family took the femur to Dr.
William McNeil of the Winona, (previously listed as the Oglala Sioux ACTION: Notice.
Minnesota Community Memorial Tribe of the Pine Ridge Reservation,
SUMMARY: The Wisconsin Historical
Hospital, who identified the femur as South Dakota); Prairie Island Indian
Society has completed an inventory of
human. Dr. McNeil then contacted Dr. Community in the State of Minnesota;
human remains and associated funerary
Thomas Retzinger of the Winona County Rosebud Sioux Tribe of the Rosebud
objects, in consultation with the
Coroner’s Office who contacted the Indian Reservation, South Dakota;
appropriate Indian Tribes or Native
Minnesota State Archeologist, Mark Santee Sioux Nation, Nebraska;
Hawaiian organizations, and has
Dudzik. Dudzik determined that the site Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux
determined that there is no cultural
of recovery was within Wisconsin and Community of Minnesota; Sisseton-
affiliation between the human remains
sent the human remains for deposition Wahpeton Oyate of the Lake Traverse
and associated funerary objects and any
and analysis to the Wisconsin Historical Reservation, South Dakota; Spirit Lake
present-day Indian Tribes or Native
Society Burial Sites Preservation Office Tribe, North Dakota; Standing Rock
Hawaiian organizations. Representatives
(BSPO). Skeletal analysis by BSPO staff Sioux Tribe of North & South Dakota;
of any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian
determined the femur exhibited Upper Sioux Community, Minnesota;
organization not identified in this notice
morphological features consistent with and the Yankton Sioux Tribe of South
that wish to request transfer of control
Native American ancestry. Due to the Dakota (hereafter referred to as ‘‘The
of these human remains and associated
nature of the discovery, the time period Aboriginal Land Tribes’’).
• Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the funerary objects should submit a written
to which the human remains date and
disposition of the human remains and request to the Wisconsin Historical
whether their place of recovery was
associated funerary objects may be to Society. If no additional requestors
their primary burial location is not
The Aboriginal Land Tribes. come forward, transfer of control of the
known. Additionally, there are no
human remains and associated funerary
known burial sites along the Mississippi Additional Requestors and Disposition objects to the Indian Tribes or Native
River in Buffalo County. No known
Representatives of any Indian Tribe or Hawaiian organizations stated in this
individuals were identified. No
Native Hawaiian organization not notice may proceed.
associated funerary objects are present.
identified in this notice that wish to DATES: Representatives of any Indian
daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with NOTICES
Determinations Made by the Wisconsin request transfer of control of these Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization
Historical Society human remains and associated funerary not identified in this notice that wish to
Officials of the Wisconsin Historical objects should submit a written request request transfer of control of these
Society have determined that: with information in support of the human remains and associated funerary
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the request to Jennifer Kolb, Wisconsin objects should submit a written request
human remains described in this notice Historical Society, 816 State Street, with information in support of the
are Native American based on Madison, WI 53706, telephone (608) request to the Wisconsin Historical
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• Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the affiliation between the human remains Discovery (47–VE–0967) in Vernon
disposition of the human remains may and any present-day Indian Tribes or County, WI. Mr. Chris Hill discovered
be to the Ho-Chunk Nation of Native Hawaiian organizations. the human remains, later determined to
Wisconsin; Menominee Indian Tribe of Representatives of any Indian Tribe or represent one adult male, in a backdirt
Wisconsin; Stockbridge Munsee Native Hawaiian organization not pile from a utility construction project
Community, Wisconsin; and the identified in this notice that wish to at the home of the Ostergaard Family.
Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska. request transfer of control of these Mr. Hill gave the human remains to the
human remains should submit a written Mississippi Valley Archaeological
Additional Requestors and Disposition
request to the Wisconsin Historical Center, who contacted the Wisconsin
Representatives of any Indian Tribe or Society. If no additional requestors Historical Society Burial Sites
Native Hawaiian organization not come forward, transfer of control of the Preservation Office. When
identified in this notice that wish to human remains to the Indian Tribes or representatives from both institutions
request transfer of control of these Native Hawaiian organizations stated in visited the site, they observed additional
human remains and associated funerary this notice may proceed. human remains were eroding out of tire
objects should submit a written request DATES: Representatives of any Indian ruts and a slope at the site. These
with information in support of the Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization human remains were left in place
request to Jennifer Kolb, Wisconsin not identified in this notice that wish to because the landowner did not permit
Historical Society, 816 State Street, request transfer of control of these excavation. No known individuals were
Madison, WI 53706, telephone (608) human remains should submit a written identified. No associated funerary
264–6434, email Jennifer.Kolb@ request with information in support of objects are present.
wisconsinhistory.org, by May 21, 2018. the request to the Wisconsin Historical
After that date, if no additional Determinations Made by the Wisconsin
Society at the address in this notice by Historical Society
requestors have come forward, transfer May 21, 2018.
of control of the human remains and Officials of the Wisconsin Historical
ADDRESSES: Jennifer Kolb, Wisconsin Society have determined that:
associated funerary objects to the Ho-
Chunk Nation of Wisconsin; Historical Society, 816 State Street, • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin; Madison, WI 53706, telephone (608) human remains described in this notice
Stockbridge Munsee Community, 264–6434, email Jennifer.Kolb@ are Native American based on
Wisconsin; and the Winnebago Tribe of wisconsinhistory.org. Wisconsin Historical Society records,
Nebraska may proceed. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is burial location, archeological context,
The Wisconsin Historical Society is here given in accordance with the oral histories, and skeletal analysis.
responsible for notifying the Forest Native American Graves Protection and • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
County Potawatomi Community, Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. human remains described in this notice
Wisconsin; Ho-Chunk Nation of 3003, of the completion of an inventory represent the physical remains of one
Wisconsin; Lac du Flambeau Band of of human remains under the control of individual of Native American ancestry.
Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of the the Wisconsin Historical Society, • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), a
Lac du Flambeau Reservation of Madison, WI. The human remains were relationship of shared group identity
Wisconsin; Menominee Indian Tribe of removed from the Ostergaard Burial cannot be reasonably traced between the
Wisconsin; Stockbridge Munsee Discovery in Vernon County, WI. Native American human remains and
Community, Wisconsin; Upper Sioux This notice is published as part of the any present-day Indian Tribe.
Community, Minnesota; and the National Park Service’s administrative • According to final judgments of the
Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska that this responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 Indian Claims Commission or the Court
notice has been published. U.S.C. 3003(d)(3) and 43 CFR 10.11(d). of Federal Claims, the land from which
The determinations in this notice are the Native American human remains
Dated: March 22, 2018. were removed is the aboriginal land of
the sole responsibility of the museum,
Melanie O’Brien, the Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin and
institution, or Federal agency that has
Manager, National NAGPRA Program. the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska.
control of the Native American human
[FR Doc. 2018–08183 Filed 4–18–18; 8:45 am]
remains. The National Park Service is • Treaties, Acts of Congress, or
BILLING CODE 4312–52–P not responsible for the determinations Executive Orders, indicate that the land
in this notice. from which the Native American human
remains were removed is the aboriginal
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Consultation land of the Assiniboine and Sioux
A detailed assessment of the human Tribes of the Fort Peck Indian
National Park Service Reservation, Montana; Cheyenne River
remains was made by the Wisconsin
[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0025294; Historical Society professional staff in Sioux Tribe of the Cheyenne River
PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] consultation with representatives of the Reservation, South Dakota; Crow Creek
Forest County Potawatomi Community, Sioux Tribe of the Crow Creek
Notice of Inventory Completion: Wisconsin; Ho-Chunk Nation of Reservation, South Dakota; Flandreau
Wisconsin Historical Society, Wisconsin; Lac du Flambeau Band of Santee Sioux Tribe of South Dakota; Ho-
Madison, WI Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of the Chunk Nation of Wisconsin; Lower
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. Lac du Flambeau Reservation of Brule Sioux Tribe of the Lower Brule
ACTION: Notice. Wisconsin; Menominee Indian Tribe of Reservation, South Dakota; Lower Sioux
daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with NOTICES
Wisconsin; and Upper Sioux Indian Community in the State of
SUMMARY: The Wisconsin Historical Community, Minnesota. Minnesota; Oglala Sioux Tribe
Society has completed an inventory of (previously listed as the Oglala Sioux
human remains in consultation with the History and Description of the Remains Tribe of the Pine Ridge Reservation,
appropriate Indian Tribes or Native In 1991, human remains representing, South Dakota); Prairie Island Indian
Hawaiian organizations, and has at minimum, one individual were Community in the State of Minnesota;
determined that there is no cultural removed from Ostergaard Burial Rosebud Sioux Tribe of the Rosebud
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