83 FR 17441 - Notice of Inventory Completion: Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, WI
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National Park Service Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 76 (April 19, 2018)
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[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 76 (Thursday, April 19, 2018)] [Notices] [Pages 17441-17442] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2018-08177] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR National Park Service [NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-25290; 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 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 Dane, Richland, and Sauk Counties, 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 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 1958, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed from Blackhawk Country Club (47-DA-0131) in Dane County, WI. The human remains were excavated from pit fill by Warren Wittry of the Wisconsin Historical Society (WHS) from the panther mound, which he referred to as the ``Mayland Mound,'' named after the then-landowner. The human remains were found in the collections in 2013, were originally cataloged as faunal bones, and are too fragmentary to determine age or sex. No known individuals were identified. The four associated funerary objects are one chert flake, two seed fragments, and a soil sample. Between 1960 and 1961, human remains representing, at minimum, 132 individuals were removed from the Price III (47-RI-0004) in Richland County, WI. The site was investigated during the 1960-1961 Highway 60 relocation project as the area was slated for destruction. The Wisconsin Historical Society led the investigations under a cooperative agreement with the Wisconsin Highway Commission. A total of 26 features were exposed, 22 of which were burial features. Of the remaining four features, three may have been burial pits that were destroyed from previous plowing activity, but no materials of any kind were recovered from them. The human remains recovered from the 22 burial pits represent 33 adult males, 10 adult females, 43 adults of indeterminate sex, 30 juveniles of indeterminate sex, 6 infants, and 10 individuals of indeterminate age and sex. No known individuals were identified. The 27 associated funerary objects are five projectile points, two bone awls, one copper fish hook, one perforated bear canine, ten groups of tool debitage, three [[Page 17442]] groups of stone samples, three biface fragments, one ceramic sherd, and one stone scrapper. At an unknown date, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed from Neefe Mounds (47-RI-0059) in Richland County, WI. The site was first reported to the Wisconsin Historical Society by T. Orion in 1907, who observed two conical mounds that were under cultivation. Human remains representing one adult male from an unknown location within the site were donated to the Wisconsin Historical Society by a Mr. Sheldon Bartel at an unknown date. No known individuals were identified. The one associated funerary object is a group of daub fragments. In 1977, human remains representing, at minimum, seven individuals were removed from the Rehbein I Site (47-RI-0081) in Richland County, WI. Excavations took place at the site in 1977 and included investigation of Mounds 1-6. The majority of the human remains recovered were reinterred under the reconstructed mounds. For an unknown reason, human remains representing six adults of indeterminate sex and one infant were excluded from reburial and are in the possession of the Wisconsin Historical Society. No known individuals were identified. The seven associated funerary objects are one ceramic vessel, two groups of ceramic sherds, three mussel shells, and one group of bark fragments. In 1960, human remains representing, at minimum, three individuals were removed from Sobek Mounds (47-RI-0001) in Richland County, WI. The site was investigated by the Wisconsin Historical Society in cooperation with the Department of Transportation. Three of the mounds (Mounds 1-3) were located in the right-of-way for the relocation of Highway 60 and would be destroyed. The Wisconsin Historical Society placed a center-line trench through each mound and recovered human remains representing an adult female and an adult male from Mound 1 and an adult female from Mound 3. During an inventory of the collections from the site in 2007, additional human remains were found from a plowzone context. The human remains from the plowzone are too fragmentary to affect the MNI for the site. No known individuals were identified. The 23 associated funerary objects are one quartzite hammerstone, one fragment of hematite, twelve groups of chert debitage, one chert biface, three charcoal fragments, two ceramic sherds, and three groups of sandstone fragments. In 1955 and 1957, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed from Raddatz Rockshelter (47-SK-0005) in Sauk County, WI. The site was investigated by Warren Wittry of the Wisconsin Historical Society in 1955 and 1957 in order to gain a better understanding of the chronological depth of prehistoric occupation in Wisconsin. His excavations covered a 675 square foot area that he estimated represented 75 percent of the rockshelter. In 2012, all of the artifacts from the site were reinventoried by the Wisconsin Historical Society and human remains were identified. Skeletal analysis in 2016 determined the human remains represent a juvenile of indeterminate sex. 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 145 individual of Native American ancestry. Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the 62 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 and associated funerary objects and any present-day Indian Tribe. According to final judgments of the Indian Claims Commission or the Court of Federal Claims, the land from which the Native American human remains and associated funerary objects were removed is the aboriginal land of the Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin and the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska. Treaties, Acts of Congress, or Executive Orders, indicate that the land from which the Native American human remains and associated funerary objects were removed is the aboriginal land of the Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin and the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska. Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the disposition of the human remains and associated funerary objects may be to the Ho-Chunk Nation of 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 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; 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. 2018-08177 Filed 4-18-18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4312-52-P
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adult of indeterminate sex. No known DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR institution, or Federal agency that has
individuals were identified. No control of the Native American human
associated funerary objects are present. National Park Service remains and associated funerary objects.
The Blackbird House Site is a historic [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–25290; The National Park Service is not
PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] responsible for the determinations in
Cherokee site located within lands
this notice.
reserved for the Cherokee. Historical
Notice of Inventory Completion: Consultation
documents, Cherokee oral history, and
Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison,
the presence of European goods support A detailed assessment of the human
WI
the determination that the area was remains was made by the Wisconsin
occupied by the Cherokee during the AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. Historical Society professional staff in
nineteenth century. ACTION: Notice. consultation with representatives of the
Forest County Potawatomi Community,
Determinations Made by the Sam Noble SUMMARY: The Wisconsin Historical Wisconsin; Ho-Chunk Nation of
Oklahoma Museum of Natural History Society has completed an inventory of Wisconsin; Lac du Flambeau Band of
human remains and associated funerary Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of the
Officials of the Sam Noble Oklahoma
objects, in consultation with the Lac du Flambeau Reservation of
Museum of Natural History have appropriate Indian Tribes or Native
determined that: Wisconsin; Menominee Indian Tribe of
Hawaiian organizations, and has Wisconsin; and Upper Sioux
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the determined that there is no cultural Community, Minnesota.
human remains described in this notice affiliation between the human remains
represent the physical remains of one and associated funerary objects and any History and Description of the Remains
individual of Native American ancestry. present-day Indian Tribes or Native In 1958, human remains representing,
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there Hawaiian organizations. Representatives at minimum, one individual were
of any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian removed from Blackhawk Country Club
is a relationship of shared group
organization not identified in this notice (47–DA–0131) in Dane County, WI. The
identity that can be reasonably traced
that wish to request transfer of control human remains were excavated from pit
between the Native American human fill by Warren Wittry of the Wisconsin
of these human remains and associated
remains and the Cherokee Nation and funerary objects should submit a written Historical Society (WHS) from the
the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee request to the Wisconsin Historical panther mound, which he referred to as
Indians in Oklahoma. Society. If no additional requestors the ‘‘Mayland Mound,’’ named after the
Additional Requestors and Disposition come forward, transfer of control of the then-landowner. The human remains
human remains and associated funerary were found in the collections in 2013,
Representatives of any Indian Tribe or objects to the Indian Tribes or Native were originally cataloged as faunal
Native Hawaiian organization not Hawaiian organizations stated in this bones, and are too fragmentary to
identified in this notice that wish to notice may proceed. determine age or sex. No known
request transfer of control of these DATES: Representatives of any Indian individuals were identified. The four
human remains and associated funerary Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization associated funerary objects are one chert
objects should submit a written request not identified in this notice that wish to flake, two seed fragments, and a soil
with information in support of the request transfer of control of these sample.
Between 1960 and 1961, human
request to Dr. Marc Levine, Assistant human remains and associated funerary
remains representing, at minimum, 132
Curator of Archaeology, Sam Noble objects should submit a written request
individuals were removed from the
Oklahoma Museum of Natural History, with information in support of the
Price III (47–RI–0004) in Richland
University of Oklahoma, 2401 request to the Wisconsin Historical
County, WI. The site was investigated
Chautauqua Avenue, Norman, OK Society at the address in this notice by
during the 1960–1961 Highway 60
73072–7029, telephone (405) 325–1994, May 21, 2018.
relocation project as the area was slated
email mlevine@ou.edu by May 21, 2018. ADDRESSES: Jennifer Kolb, Wisconsin for destruction. The Wisconsin
After that date, if no additional Historical Society, 816 State Street, Historical Society led the investigations
requestors have come forward, transfer Madison, WI 53706, telephone (608) under a cooperative agreement with the
of control of the human remains to the 264–6434, email Jennifer.Kolb@ Wisconsin Highway Commission. A
Cherokee Nation and United Keetoowah wisconsinhistory.org. total of 26 features were exposed, 22 of
Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is which were burial features. Of the
may proceed. here given in accordance with the remaining four features, three may have
The Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Native American Graves Protection and been burial pits that were destroyed
Natural History is responsible for Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. from previous plowing activity, but no
notifying the United Keetoowah Band of 3003, of the completion of an inventory materials of any kind were recovered
Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma and the of human remains and associated from them. The human remains
funerary objects under the control of the recovered from the 22 burial pits
Cherokee Nation that this notice has
Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, represent 33 adult males, 10 adult
been published.
WI. The human remains and associated females, 43 adults of indeterminate sex,
Dated: March 26, 2018. funerary objects were removed from 30 juveniles of indeterminate sex, 6
daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with NOTICES
Melanie O’Brien, Manager, Dane, Richland, and Sauk Counties, WI. infants, and 10 individuals of
National NAGPRA Program. This notice is published as part of the indeterminate age and sex. No known
[FR Doc. 2018–08185 Filed 4–18–18; 8:45 am] National Park Service’s administrative individuals were identified. The 27
responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 associated funerary objects are five
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U.S.C. 3003(d)(3) and 43 CFR 10.11(d). projectile points, two bone awls, one
The determinations in this notice are copper fish hook, one perforated bear
the sole responsibility of the museum, canine, ten groups of tool debitage, three
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groups of stone samples, three biface In 1955 and 1957, human remains Additional Requestors and Disposition
fragments, one ceramic sherd, and one representing, at minimum, one Representatives of any Indian Tribe or
stone scrapper. individual were removed from Raddatz Native Hawaiian organization not
At an unknown date, human remains Rockshelter (47–SK–0005) in Sauk identified in this notice that wish to
representing, at minimum, one County, WI. The site was investigated request transfer of control of these
individual were removed from Neefe by Warren Wittry of the Wisconsin human remains and associated funerary
Mounds (47–RI–0059) in Richland Historical Society in 1955 and 1957 in objects should submit a written request
County, WI. The site was first reported order to gain a better understanding of with information in support of the
to the Wisconsin Historical Society by the chronological depth of prehistoric request to Jennifer Kolb, Wisconsin
T. Orion in 1907, who observed two occupation in Wisconsin. His Historical Society, 816 State Street,
conical mounds that were under excavations covered a 675 square foot Madison, WI 53706, telephone (608)
cultivation. Human remains area that he estimated represented 75 264–6434, email Jennifer.Kolb@
representing one adult male from an percent of the rockshelter. In 2012, all
unknown location within the site were wisconsinhistory.org, by May 21, 2018.
of the artifacts from the site were After that date, if no additional
donated to the Wisconsin Historical reinventoried by the Wisconsin
Society by a Mr. Sheldon Bartel at an requestors have come forward, transfer
Historical Society and human remains of control of the human remains and
unknown date. No known individuals were identified. Skeletal analysis in
were identified. The one associated associated funerary objects to the Ho-
2016 determined the human remains Chunk Nation of Wisconsin and the
funerary object is a group of daub represent a juvenile of indeterminate
fragments. Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska may
sex. No known individuals were proceed.
In 1977, human remains representing, identified. No associated funerary
at minimum, seven individuals were The Wisconsin Historical Society is
objects are present. responsible for notifying the Forest
removed from the Rehbein I Site (47–
RI–0081) in Richland County, WI. Determinations Made by the Wisconsin County Potawatomi Community,
Excavations took place at the site in Historical Society Wisconsin; Ho-Chunk Nation of
1977 and included investigation of Officials of the Wisconsin Historical Wisconsin; Lac du Flambeau Band of
Mounds 1–6. The majority of the human Society have determined that: Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of the
remains recovered were reinterred • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the Lac du Flambeau Reservation of
under the reconstructed mounds. For an human remains described in this notice Wisconsin; Menominee Indian Tribe of
unknown reason, human remains are Native American based on Wisconsin; Upper Sioux Community,
representing six adults of indeterminate Wisconsin Historical Society records, Minnesota; and the Winnebago Tribe of
sex and one infant were excluded from burial location, archeological context, Nebraska that this notice has been
reburial and are in the possession of the oral histories, and skeletal analysis. published.
Wisconsin Historical Society. No known • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the Dated: March 22, 2018.
individuals were identified. The seven human remains described in this notice Melanie O’Brien,
associated funerary objects are one represent the physical remains of 145 Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
ceramic vessel, two groups of ceramic individual of Native American ancestry. [FR Doc. 2018–08177 Filed 4–18–18; 8:45 am]
sherds, three mussel shells, and one • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A),
BILLING CODE 4312–52–P
group of bark fragments. the 62 objects described in this notice
In 1960, human remains representing, are reasonably believed to have been
at minimum, three individuals were placed with or near individual human DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
removed from Sobek Mounds (47–RI– remains at the time of death or later as
0001) in Richland County, WI. The site part of the death rite or ceremony. National Park Service
was investigated by the Wisconsin • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), a
Historical Society in cooperation with relationship of shared group identity [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA- NPS0025357;
the Department of Transportation. Three PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]
cannot be reasonably traced between the
of the mounds (Mounds 1–3) were Native American human remains and Notice of Inventory Completion:
located in the right-of-way for the associated funerary objects and any Thomas Burke Memorial Washington
relocation of Highway 60 and would be present-day Indian Tribe. State Museum, University of
destroyed. The Wisconsin Historical • According to final judgments of the Washington, Seattle, WA
Society placed a center-line trench Indian Claims Commission or the Court
through each mound and recovered of Federal Claims, the land from which AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
human remains representing an adult the Native American human remains ACTION: Notice.
female and an adult male from Mound and associated funerary objects were
1 and an adult female from Mound 3. removed is the aboriginal land of the SUMMARY: The Thomas Burke Memorial
During an inventory of the collections Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin and the Washington State Museum (Burke
from the site in 2007, additional human Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska. Museum) has completed an inventory of
remains were found from a plowzone • Treaties, Acts of Congress, or human remains, in consultation with
context. The human remains from the Executive Orders, indicate that the land the appropriate Indian Tribes or Native
plowzone are too fragmentary to affect from which the Native American human Hawaiian organizations, and has
the MNI for the site. No known remains and associated funerary objects determined that there is a cultural
individuals were identified. The 23 were removed is the aboriginal land of affiliation between the human remains
daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with NOTICES
associated funerary objects are one the Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin and and present-day Indian Tribes or Native
quartzite hammerstone, one fragment of the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska. Hawaiian organizations. Lineal
hematite, twelve groups of chert • Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the descendants or representatives of any
debitage, one chert biface, three disposition of the human remains and Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian
charcoal fragments, two ceramic sherds, associated funerary objects may be to organization not identified in this notice
and three groups of sandstone the Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin and that wish to request transfer of control
fragments. the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska. of these human remains should submit
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