83 FR 62896 - 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)

Page Range		62896-62897
FR Document		2018-26443

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-NPS0026959; 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 Wakanda Park Mound Group, Dunn 
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 1957, human remains representing, at minimum, 24 individuals 
were removed from the Wakanda Park Mound Group (47-DN-0001) in Dunn 
County, WI. The site was investigated in 1957 by Warren Wittry of the 
Wisconsin Historical Society, and shortly thereafter, it was inundated 
by the construction of a dam. Wittry and his team conducted excavations 
in seven of the mounds, and recovered human remains representing one 
adult male, eleven adults of indeterminate sex, seven subadults, and 
five individuals of indeterminate age and sex. Burial practices 
included both sub-floor pits and cremation. The human remains were 
recovered from eleven of the fifteen mounds investigated (Mounds 1, 3, 
6-8, 10-14, 16). No known individuals were identified. The seven 
associated funerary objects include one clay mask in fragments, one 
partial ceramic vessel, one quartzite flake, one copper bead necklace, 
one quartzite biface, and two groups of charred wood fragments.

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 24 individuals of 
Native American ancestry.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the seven objects 
described in this

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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 and 
associated funerary objects were removed is the aboriginal land of 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 (previously listed as the Chippewa-Cree Indians of the Rocky 
Boy's Reservation, Montana); Crow Creek Sioux Tribe of the Crow Creek 
Reservation, South Dakota; Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe of South 
Dakota; Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, Michigan; 
Keweenaw Bay Indian Community, Michigan; 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, 
Michigan; Lower Brule Sioux Tribe of the Lower Brule Reservation, South 
Dakota; Lower Sioux Indian Community in the State of Minnesota; 
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); 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; 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; 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; Turtle 
Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians of North 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.
[FR Doc. 2018-26443 Filed 12-4-18; 8:45 am]
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Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; Lac du DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR the sole responsibility of the museum,
Flambeau Band of Lake Superior institution, or Federal agency that has
Chippewa Indians of the Lac du National Park Service control of the Native American human
Flambeau Reservation of Wisconsin; Lac [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0026959; remains and associated funerary objects.
Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] The National Park Service is not
Chippewa Indians of Michigan; Match- responsible for the determinations in
e-be-nash-she-wish Band of Notice of Inventory Completion: this notice.
Pottawatomi Indians of Michigan; Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Consultation
Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota WI
(Six component reservations: Bois Forte A detailed assessment of the human
Band (Nett Lake); Fond du Lac Band; AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. remains was made by the Wisconsin
Grand Portage Band; Leech Lake Band; ACTION: Notice. Historical Society professional staff in
Mille Lacs Band; White Earth Band); consultation with representatives of the
SUMMARY: The Wisconsin Historical Forest County Potawatomi Community,
Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the
Society has completed an inventory of Wisconsin; Ho-Chunk Nation of
Potawatomi, Michigan (previously listed
human remains and associated funerary Wisconsin; Lac du Flambeau Band of
as the Huron Potawatomi, Inc.); Ottawa
objects, in consultation with the Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of the
Tribe of Oklahoma; Pokagon Band of
appropriate Indian Tribes or Native Lac du Flambeau Reservation of
Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and
Hawaiian organizations, and has Wisconsin; Menominee Indian Tribe of
Indiana; Prairie Band Potawatomi
determined that there is no cultural Wisconsin; and the Upper Sioux
Nation (previously listed as the Prairie
affiliation between the human remains Community, Minnesota, hereafter
Band of Potawatomi Nation, Kansas);
and associated funerary objects and any referred to as ‘‘The Consulted Tribes.’’
Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior
present-day Indian Tribes or Native
Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; Red History and Description of the Remains
Hawaiian organizations. Representatives
Lake Band of Chippewa Indians,
of any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian In 1957, human remains representing,
Minnesota; Sac & Fox Nation of
organization not identified in this notice at minimum, 24 individuals were
Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska; Sac &
that wish to request transfer of control removed from the Wakanda Park Mound
Fox Nation, Oklahoma; Sac & Fox Tribe
of these human remains and associated Group (47–DN–0001) in Dunn County,
of the Mississippi in Iowa Saginaw
funerary objects should submit a written WI. The site was investigated in 1957 by
Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan;
request to the Wisconsin Historical Warren Wittry of the Wisconsin
Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa
Society. If no additional requestors Historical Society, and shortly
Indians, Michigan; Sokaogon Chippewa
come forward, transfer of control of the thereafter, it was inundated by the
Community, Wisconsin; St. Croix
human remains and associated funerary construction of a dam. Wittry and his
Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; and the
objects to the Indian Tribes or Native team conducted excavations in seven of
Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa
Hawaiian organizations stated in this the mounds, and recovered human
Indians of North Dakota, hereafter
notice may proceed. remains representing one adult male,
referred to as ‘‘The Tribes.’’
• Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the DATES: Representatives of any Indian eleven adults of indeterminate sex,
disposition of the human remains may Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization seven subadults, and five individuals of
be to The Aboriginal Land Tribes and not identified in this notice that wish to indeterminate age and sex. Burial
The Tribes. request transfer of control of these practices included both sub-floor pits
human remains and associated funerary and cremation. The human remains
Additional Requestors and Disposition objects should submit a written request were recovered from eleven of the
Representatives of any Indian Tribe or with information in support of the fifteen mounds investigated (Mounds 1,
Native Hawaiian organization not request to the Wisconsin Historical 3, 6–8, 10–14, 16). No known
identified in this notice that wish to Society at the address in this notice by individuals were identified. The seven
request transfer of control of these January 4, 2019. associated funerary objects include one
human remains should submit a written ADDRESSES: Jennifer Kolb, Wisconsin clay mask in fragments, one partial
request with information in support of Historical Society, 816 State St., ceramic vessel, one quartzite flake, one
the request to Jennifer Kolb, Wisconsin Madison, WI 53706, telephone (608) copper bead necklace, one quartzite
Historical Society, 816 State St., 264–6434, email Jennifer.Kolb@ biface, and two groups of charred wood
Madison, WI 53706, telephone (608) wisconsinhistory.org. fragments.
264–6434, email Jennifer.Kolb@
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is Determinations Made by the Wisconsin
wisconsinhistory.org, by January 4,
hereby given in accordance with the Historical Society
2019. After that date, if no additional
requestors have come forward, transfer Native American Graves Protection and Officials of the Wisconsin Historical
of control of the human remains to The Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. Society have determined that:
Aboriginal Land Tribes and The Tribes 3003, of the completion of an inventory • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
may proceed. of human remains and associated human remains described in this notice
The Wisconsin Historical Society is funerary objects under the control of the are Native American based on
responsible for notifying The Aboriginal Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin Historical Society records,
Land Tribes, The Tribes, and The WI. The human remains and associated burial location, archeological context,
funerary objects were removed from the
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Consulted Tribes that this notice has oral histories, and skeletal analysis.
been published. Wakanda Park Mound Group, Dunn • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
County, WI. human remains described in this notice
Dated: November 7, 2018. This notice is published as part of the represent the physical remains of 24
Melanie O’Brien, National Park Service’s administrative individuals of Native American
Manager, National NAGPRA Program. responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 ancestry.
[FR Doc. 2018–26441 Filed 12–4–18; 8:45 am] U.S.C. 3003(d)(3) and 43 CFR 10.11(d). • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A),
BILLING CODE 4312–52–P The determinations in this notice are the seven objects described in this

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notice are reasonably believed to have Tribe, North Dakota; St. Croix Chippewa also authorizes the collection of permit
been placed with or near individual Indians of Wisconsin; Standing Rock processing fees approved under OSMRE
human remains at the time of death or Sioux Tribe of North & South Dakota; regulations.
later as part of the death rite or Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa DATES: Interested persons are invited to
ceremony. Indians of North Dakota; Upper Sioux submit comments on or before January
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), a Community, Minnesota; and the 4, 2019.
relationship of shared group identity Yankton Sioux Tribe of South Dakota, ADDRESSES: Send written comments on
cannot be reasonably traced between the hereafter referred to as ‘‘The Aboriginal this information collection request (ICR)
Native American human remains Land Tribes.’’ to the Office of Management and
associated funerary objects and any • Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the Budget’s Desk Officer for the
present-day Indian Tribe. disposition of the human remains and Department of the Interior by email at
• Treaties, Acts of Congress, or associated funerary objects may be to OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov; or via
Executive Orders, indicate that the land The Aboriginal Land Tribes. facsimile to (202) 395–5806. Please
from which the Native American human
Additional Requestors and Disposition provide a copy of your comments to
remains and associated funerary objects
Harry Payne, Office of Surface Mining
were removed is the aboriginal land of Representatives of any Indian Tribe or
Reclamation and Enforcement, 1849 C
the Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Native Hawaiian organization not
Street NW, Mail Stop 4557, Washington,
Fort Peck Indian Reservation, Montana; identified in this notice that wish to
DC 20240; or by email to HPayne@
Bad River Band of the Lake Superior request transfer of control of these
osmre.gov. Please reference OMB
Tribe of Chippewa Indians of the Bad human remains and associated funerary
Control Number 1029–0115 in the
River Reservation, Wisconsin; Bay Mills objects should submit a written request
subject line of your comments.
Indian Community, Michigan; with information in support of the
Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe of the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request to Jennifer Kolb, Wisconsin
Cheyenne River Reservation, South Historical Society, 816 State St., request additional information about
Dakota; Chippewa Cree Indians of the Madison, WI 53706, telephone (608) this ICR, contact Harry Payne by email
Rocky Boy’s Reservation, Montana 264–6434, email Jennifer.Kolb@ at HPayne@osmre.gov, or by telephone
(previously listed as the Chippewa-Cree wisconsinhistory.org, by January 4, at (202) 208–2895. You may also view
Indians of the Rocky Boy’s Reservation, 2019. After that date, if no additional the ICR at http://www.reginfo.gov/
Montana); Crow Creek Sioux Tribe of requestors have come forward, transfer public/do/PRAMain.
the Crow Creek Reservation, South of control of the human remains and SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In
Dakota; Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe of associated funerary objects to The accordance with the Paperwork
South Dakota; Grand Traverse Band of Aboriginal Land Tribes may proceed. Reduction Act of 1995, we provide the
Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, The Wisconsin Historical Society is general public and other Federal
Michigan; Keweenaw Bay Indian responsible for notifying The Aboriginal agencies with an opportunity to
Community, Michigan; Lac Courte Land Tribes and The Consulted Tribes comment on new, proposed, revised,
Oreilles Band of Lake Superior that this notice has been published. and continuing collections of
Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; Lac du information. This helps us assess the
Dated: November 7, 2018.
Flambeau Band of Lake Superior impact of our information collection
Melanie O’Brien, requirements and minimize the public’s
Chippewa Indians of the Lac du
Flambeau Reservation of Wisconsin; Lac Manager, National NAGPRA Program. reporting burden. It also helps the
Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior [FR Doc. 2018–26443 Filed 12–4–18; 8:45 am] public understand our information
Chippewa Indians, Michigan; Lower BILLING CODE 4312–52–P collection requirements and provides
Brule Sioux Tribe of the Lower Brule the requested data in the desired format.
Reservation, South Dakota; Lower Sioux A Federal Register notice with a 60-
Indian Community in the State of DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR day public comment period soliciting
Minnesota; Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, comments on this collection of
Minnesota (Six component reservations: Office of Surface Mining Reclamation information was published on
Bois Forte Band (Nett Lake); Fond du and Enforcement September 5, 2018 (83 FR 45140). No
Lac Band; Grand Portage Band; Leech [S1D1S SS08011000 SX064A000 comments were received.
Lake Band; Mille Lacs Band; White 190S180110; S2D2S SS08011000 We are again soliciting comments on
Earth Band); Oglala Sioux Tribe SX064A000 19XS501520; OMB Control the proposed ICR that is described
(previously listed as the Oglala Sioux Number 1029–0115] below. We are especially interested in
Tribe of the Pine Ridge Reservation, public comment addressing the
South Dakota); Prairie Island Indian Agency Information Collection following issues: (1) Is the collection
Community in the State of Minnesota; Activities: Requirements for Permits necessary to the proper functions of
Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior and Permit Processing OSMRE; (2) is the estimate of burden
Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; Red AGENCY: Office of Surface Mining accurate; (3) how might OSMRE
Lake Band of Chippewa Indians, Reclamation and Enforcement, Interior. enhance the quality, utility, and clarity
Minnesota; Rosebud Sioux Tribe of the ACTION: Notice of information collection; of the information to be collected; and
Rosebud Indian Reservation, South request for comment. (4) how might OSMRE minimize the
Dakota; Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe burden of this collection on the
of Michigan; Santee Sioux Nation, SUMMARY: In accordance with the
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respondents, including through the use
Nebraska; Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we, of information technology.
Chippewa Indians Michigan; Shakopee the Office of Surface Mining Comments that you submit in
Mdewakanton Sioux Community of Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE), response to this notice are a matter of
Minnesota; Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate of are announcing our intention to request public record. Before including your
the Lake Traverse Reservation, South renewed approval for the collection of address, phone number, email address,
Dakota; Sokaogon Chippewa information for permits and permit or other personal identifying
Community, Wisconsin; Spirit Lake processing. This information collection information in your comment, you

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83 FR 62896 - 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