83 FR 62890 - Notice of Inventory Completion: Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, WI

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 234 (December 6, 2018)

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FR Document		2018-26438

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.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0026951; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: Wisconsin Historical Society, 
Madison, WI

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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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 January 4, 2019.

ADDRESSES: Jennifer Kolb, Wisconsin Historical Society, 816 State St, 
Madison, WI 53706, telephone (608) 264-6434, email 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby 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 the Bluff Siding site, Buffalo 
County, WI and the Britt-Decora site, Trempealeau 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 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 the Upper Sioux Community, 
Minnesota, hereafter referred to as ``The Consulted Tribes.''

History and Description of the Remains

    In 1979, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual 
were removed from the Bluff Siding site (47-BF-0045) in Buffalo County, 
WI, during an extensive excavation conducted by the Wisconsin 
Historical Society (WHS) for a Department of Transportation project 
expanding State Highway 35. The archeologists recovered fragmentary 
human remains representing an adult individual of indeterminate sex. 
The human remains were found in two distinct locations, both of which 
were located in the eastern half of the site. A burial context was 
recognized at one of these locations that had been disturbed by rodent 
and root activity. Three clam shells found with these human remains 
were classified by the excavating archeologists as associated funerary 
objects, but are not in WHS collections. The human remains found in the 
second location were scattered among numerous clam shells and faunal 
remains, but were not identified until formal analysis of materials in 
the laboratory occurred. No known individuals were identified. The one 
associated funerary object is a soil sample containing clamshell 
fragments.
    In 1927, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual 
were

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removed from the Britt-Decora site (47-TR-0002) in Trempealeau County, 
WI. Archeologist Leland Cooper, who was associated with Hamline 
University in Minnesota at the time, excavated the site in 1927, and 
recovered the partially cremated remains of a single adult from one of 
the site's 25 conical mounds. The human remains were transferred from 
Hamline University to the Wisconsin Historical Society in 1978. Neither 
field notes nor reports from Cooper's investigations were among the 
transferred materials. 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 two individuals of 
Native American ancestry.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the one object described 
in this notice is 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 Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort 
Peck Indian Reservation, Montana; Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe of the 
Cheyenne River Reservation, South Dakota; Crow Creek Sioux Tribe of the 
Crow Creek Reservation, South Dakota; Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe of 
South Dakota; Lower Brule Sioux Tribe of the Lower Brule Reservation, 
South Dakota; Lower Sioux Indian Community in the State of Minnesota; 
Oglala Sioux Tribe (previously listed as the Oglala Sioux Tribe of the 
Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota); Prairie Island Indian Community 
in the State of Minnesota; Rosebud Sioux Tribe of the Rosebud Indian 
Reservation, South Dakota; Santee Sioux Nation, Nebraska; Shakopee 
Mdewakanton Sioux Community of Minnesota; Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate of 
the Lake Traverse Reservation, South Dakota; Spirit Lake Tribe, North 
Dakota; Standing Rock Sioux Tribe of North & South Dakota; Upper Sioux 
Community, Minnesota; and the Yankton Sioux Tribe of South Dakota, 
hereafter referred to as ``The Aboriginal Land Tribes.''
     Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the disposition of the 
human remains and associated funerary objects may be to The Aboriginal 
Land Tribes.

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 St, Madison, WI 53706, 
telephone (608) 264-6434, email [email protected], by 
January 4, 2019. After that date, if no additional requestors have come 
forward, transfer of control of the human remains and associated 
funerary objects to The Aboriginal Land Tribes may proceed.
    The Wisconsin Historical Society is responsible for notifying The 
Aboriginal Land Tribes and The Consulted Tribes that this notice has 
been published.

    Dated: November 7, 2018.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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University of California, Davis archeological California), hereafter referred to as ‘‘The of human remains and associated
field school (Accession 33). Tribes’’ may proceed. funerary objects under the control of the
In the Federal Register (73 FR 47229, The University of California, Davis is Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison,
August 13, 2008), column one, responsible for notifying The Tribes that WI. The human remains and associated
paragraph one, sentence three is this notice has been published. funerary objects were removed from the
corrected by substituting the following Dated: November 7, 2018. Bluff Siding site, Buffalo County, WI
sentence: Melanie O’Brien, and the Britt-Decora site, Trempealeau
County, WI.
The 43 associated funerary objects are two Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
This notice is published as part of the
Olivella shell beads, six lots of non-human [FR Doc. 2018–26444 Filed 12–4–18; 8:45 am] National Park Service’s administrative
bone, one lot of ochre, one bone tube, one BILLING CODE 4312–52–P
charcoal sample, one pine hull fragment, one
responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25
shell bead, one charmstone, 21 Haliotis sp. U.S.C. 3003(d)(3) and 43 CFR 10.11(d).
Shell beads, two shells, two clam shell disk The determinations in this notice are
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR the sole responsibility of the museum,
beads, two steatite beads, and two
miscellaneous worked bone fragments. National Park Service institution, or Federal agency that has
control of the Native American human
In the Federal Register (73 FR 47229, [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0026951; remains and associated funerary objects.
August 13, 2008), column 1, paragraph PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] The National Park Service is not
3, sentence one is corrected by
responsible for the determinations in
substituting the following sentence: Notice of Inventory Completion: this notice.
Officials of the Department of Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison,
Anthropology Museum at the University of WI Consultation
California, Davis have determined that, A detailed assessment of the human
pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9–10), the human AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
remains was made by the Wisconsin
remains described above represent the ACTION: Notice.
Historical Society professional staff in
physical remains of 11 individuals of Native
SUMMARY: The Wisconsin Historical consultation with representatives of the
American ancestry.
Society has completed an inventory of Forest County Potawatomi Community,
In the Federal Register (73 FR 47229, human remains and associated funerary Wisconsin; Ho-Chunk Nation of
August 13, 2008), column 1, paragraph objects, in consultation with the Wisconsin; Lac du Flambeau Band of
3, sentence two is corrected by appropriate Indian Tribes or Native Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of the
substituting the following sentence: Hawaiian organizations, and has Lac du Flambeau Reservation of
Officials of the Department of determined that there is no cultural Wisconsin; Menominee Indian Tribe of
Anthropology Museum at the University of affiliation between the human remains Wisconsin; and the Upper Sioux
California, Davis also have determined that, and associated funerary objects and any Community, Minnesota, hereafter
pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (3) (A), the 6,935 present-day Indian Tribes or Native referred to as ‘‘The Consulted Tribes.’’
objects described above are reasonably Hawaiian organizations. Representatives
believed to have been placed with or near History and Description of the Remains
individual human remains at the time of
of any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization not identified in this notice In 1979, human remains representing,
death or later as part of the death rite or at minimum, one individual were
ceremony. that wish to request transfer of control
of these human remains and associated removed from the Bluff Siding site (47–
funerary objects should submit a written BF–0045) in Buffalo County, WI, during
Additional Requestors and Disposition
request to the Wisconsin Historical an extensive excavation conducted by
Lineal descendants or representatives Society. If no additional requestors the Wisconsin Historical Society (WHS)
of any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian come forward, transfer of control of the for a Department of Transportation
organization not identified in this notice human remains and associated funerary project expanding State Highway 35.
that wish to request transfer of control objects to the Indian Tribes or Native The archeologists recovered fragmentary
of these human remains and associated Hawaiian organizations stated in this human remains representing an adult
funerary objects should submit a written notice may proceed. individual of indeterminate sex. The
request with information in support of human remains were found in two
DATES: Representatives of any Indian
the request to Megon Noble, NAGPRA distinct locations, both of which were
Project Manager, University of Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization
located in the eastern half of the site. A
California, Davis, 433 Mrak Hall, One not identified in this notice that wish to
burial context was recognized at one of
Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, request transfer of control of these
these locations that had been disturbed
telephone (530)752–8501, email human remains and associated funerary
by rodent and root activity. Three clam
mnoble@ucdavis.edu, by January 4, objects should submit a written request
shells found with these human remains
2019. After that date, if no additional with information in support of the
were classified by the excavating
requestors have come forward, transfer request to the Wisconsin Historical
archeologists as associated funerary
of control of the human remains and Society at the address in this notice by
objects, but are not in WHS collections.
associated funerary objects to Cachil January 4, 2019.
The human remains found in the second
DeHe Band of Wintun Indians of the ADDRESSES: Jennifer Kolb, Wisconsin
location were scattered among
Colusa Indian Community of the Colusa Historical Society, 816 State St, numerous clam shells and faunal
Rancheria, California; Kletsel Dehe Madison, WI 53706, telephone (608)
khammond on DSK30JT082PROD with NOTICES

remains, but were not identified until
Band of Wintun Indians (previously 264–6434, email Jennifer.Kolb@ formal analysis of materials in the
listed as the Cortina Indian Rancheria wisconsinhistory.org. laboratory occurred. No known
and the Cortina Indian Rancheria of SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is individuals were identified. The one
Wintun Indians of California); and the hereby given in accordance with the associated funerary object is a soil
Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation, California Native American Graves Protection and sample containing clamshell fragments.
(previously listed as the Rumsey Indian Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. In 1927, human remains representing,
Rancheria of Wintun Indians of 3003, of the completion of an inventory at minimum, one individual were

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removed from the Britt-Decora site (47– Wahpeton Oyate of the Lake Traverse additional claimants come forward,
TR–0002) in Trempealeau County, WI. Reservation, South Dakota; Spirit Lake transfer of control of the cultural items
Archeologist Leland Cooper, who was Tribe, North Dakota; Standing Rock to the lineal descendants, Indian Tribes,
associated with Hamline University in Sioux Tribe of North & South Dakota; or Native Hawaiian organizations stated
Minnesota at the time, excavated the Upper Sioux Community, Minnesota; in this notice may proceed.
site in 1927, and recovered the partially and the Yankton Sioux Tribe of South DATES: Lineal descendants or
cremated remains of a single adult from Dakota, hereafter referred to as ‘‘The representatives of any Indian Tribe or
one of the site’s 25 conical mounds. The Aboriginal Land Tribes.’’ Native Hawaiian organization not
human remains were transferred from • Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the identified in this notice that wish to
Hamline University to the Wisconsin disposition of the human remains and claim these cultural items should
Historical Society in 1978. Neither field associated funerary objects may be to submit a written request with
notes nor reports from Cooper’s The Aboriginal Land Tribes. information in support of the claim to
investigations were among the the Oakland Museum of California at
Additional Requestors and Disposition
transferred materials. No known the address in this notice by January 4,
individuals were identified. No Representatives of any Indian Tribe or 2019.
associated funerary objects are present. Native Hawaiian organization not
ADDRESSES: Violetta Wolf, Oakland
identified in this notice that wish to
Determinations Made by the Wisconsin request transfer of control of these Museum of California, 1000 Oak Street,
Historical Society human remains and associated funerary Oakland, CA 94607, telephone (510)
Officials of the Wisconsin Historical objects should submit a written request 318–8489, email vwolf@museumca.org.
Society have determined that: with information in support of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the request to Jennifer Kolb, Wisconsin hereby given in accordance with the
human remains described in this notice Historical Society, 816 State St, Native American Graves Protection and
are Native American based on Madison, WI 53706, telephone (608) Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C.
Wisconsin Historical Society records, 264–6434, email Jennifer.Kolb@ 3005, of the intent to repatriate cultural
burial location, archeological context, wisconsinhistory.org, by January 4, items under the control of the Oakland
oral histories, and skeletal analysis. 2019. After that date, if no additional Museum of California, Oakland, CA,
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the requestors have come forward, transfer that meet the definition of unassociated
human remains described in this notice of control of the human remains and funerary objects or objects of cultural
represent the physical remains of two associated funerary objects to The patrimony under 25 U.S.C. 3001.
individuals of Native American Aboriginal Land Tribes may proceed. This notice is published as part of the
ancestry. The Wisconsin Historical Society is National Park Service’s administrative
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), responsible for notifying The Aboriginal responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25
the one object described in this notice Land Tribes and The Consulted Tribes U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The determinations in
is reasonably believed to have been that this notice has been published. this notice are the sole responsibility of
placed with or near individual human the museum, institution, or Federal
Dated: November 7, 2018.
remains at the time of death or later as agency that has control of the Native
part of the death rite or ceremony. Melanie O’Brien, American cultural items. The National
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), a Manager, National NAGPRA Program. Park Service is not responsible for the
relationship of shared group identity [FR Doc. 2018–26438 Filed 12–4–18; 8:45 am] determinations in this notice.
cannot be reasonably traced between the BILLING CODE 4312–52–P
Native American human remains History and Description of the Cultural
associated funerary objects and any Items
present-day Indian Tribe. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR In the 19th or 20th century, one
• Treaties, Acts of Congress, or cultural item was removed by an
Executive Orders, indicate that the land National Park Service unknown party from an unknown
from which the Native American human [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0026950; location in California. Sometime in the
remains were removed is the aboriginal PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 20th century, the object came into the
land of the Assiniboine and Sioux possession of the father of Mr. William
Tribes of the Fort Peck Indian Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural H. Bird, Sr. of Oakland, CA. The
Reservation, Montana; Cheyenne River Items: Oakland Museum of California, circumstances under which Bird’s father
Sioux Tribe of the Cheyenne River Oakland, CA acquired the cultural item are unclear.
Reservation, South Dakota; Crow Creek AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. Bird gifted the cultural item to the
Sioux Tribe of the Crow Creek ACTION: Notice. Oakland Museum of California on
Reservation, South Dakota; Flandreau September 26, 1974, when he
Santee Sioux Tribe of South Dakota; SUMMARY: The Oakland Museum of distributed his father’s collection of
Lower Brule Sioux Tribe of the Lower California, in consultation with the Native American cultural items to the
Brule Reservation, South Dakota; Lower appropriate Indian Tribes or Native Oakland Museum of California, Merritt
Sioux Indian Community in the State of Hawaiian organizations, has determined College, the Lowie Museum of
Minnesota; Oglala Sioux Tribe that the cultural items listed in this Anthropology (now known as the
(previously listed as the Oglala Sioux notice meet the definition of Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of
Tribe of the Pine Ridge Reservation, unassociated funerary objects or objects Anthropology), and the Oakland
khammond on DSK30JT082PROD with NOTICES

South Dakota); Prairie Island Indian of cultural patrimony. Lineal Museum Women’s Board White
Community in the State of Minnesota; descendants or representatives of any Elephant Sale. The one object of cultural
Rosebud Sioux Tribe of the Rosebud Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian patrimony is a xaa-ts’a’ (mush bowl).
Indian Reservation, South Dakota; organization not identified in this notice The mush bowl (catalog number
Santee Sioux Nation, Nebraska; that wish to claim these cultural items H74.285.6) was accessioned by the
Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux should submit a written request to the Oakland Museum of California in 1974.
Community of Minnesota; Sisseton- Oakland Museum of California. If no The mush bowl is woven from twined

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83 FR 62890 - Notice of Inventory Completion: Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, WI

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIORNational Park Service

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 234 (December 6, 2018)

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service