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Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, Oshkosh, WI

In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh (UWO) has completed an inventory of human remains and...

Department of the Interior
National Park Service
  1. [NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038662; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]

AGENCY:

National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION:

Notice.

SUMMARY:

In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh (UWO) has completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary object and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and associated funerary object and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.

DATES:

Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary object in this notice may occur on or after October 10, 2024.

ADDRESSES:

Adrienne Frie, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, 800 Algoma Boulevard, Oshkosh, WI 54901, telephone (920) 424-1365, email .

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

This notice is published as part of the National Park Service's administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA. The determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of UWO, and additional information on the determinations in this notice, including the results of consultation, can be found in the inventory or related records. The National Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice.

Abstract of Information Available

Based on the information available, human remains representing, at least, one individual have been reasonably identified. A single box containing the individuals labeled “Herenberg Site, Winnebago County” in the course of creating the UWO 1995 NAGPRA Inventory. There are no records of this site in the files of the Archaeology Laboratory at UWO and efforts to locate ( printed page 73435) a Herenberg site have been unsuccessful. The one associated funerary object is one eagle bone whistle.

Based on the information available, human remains representing, at least, one individual have been reasonably identified. In December 1991, the individual was permanently transferred from the Doty Cabin Museum in Neenah, WI to UWO. The burial was originally identified as “Doty Cabin Museum Burial #2” when reported in the UWO 1995 NAGPRA Inventory. A card packed with the individual states that the burial was found “along the west shore of Little Lake Butte de Morts”, which is located in Winnebago County, WI. No associated funerary objects are present.

Cultural Affiliation

Based on the information available and the results of consultation, cultural affiliation is reasonably identified by the geographical location of the human remains and associated funerary object described in this notice.

Determinations

UWO has determined that:

Requests for Repatriation

Written requests for repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary object in this notice must be sent to the authorized representative identified in this notice under ADDRESSES . Requests for repatriation may be submitted by:

1. Any one or more of the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations identified in this notice.

2. Any lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice who shows, by a preponderance of the evidence, that the requestor is a lineal descendant or a culturally affiliated Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization.

Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary object in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after October 10, 2024. If competing requests for repatriation are received, UWO must determine the most appropriate requestor prior to repatriation. Requests for joint repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary object are considered a single request and not competing requests. UWO is responsible for sending a copy of this notice to the Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations identified in this notice.

Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, 25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.10.

Dated: August 29, 2024.

Melanie O'Brien,

Manager, National NAGPRA Program.

[FR Doc. 2024-20298 Filed 9-9-24; 8:45 am]

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89 FR 73434

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“Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, Oshkosh, WI,” thefederalregister.org (September 10, 2024), https://thefederalregister.org/documents/2024-20298/notice-of-inventory-completion-university-of-wisconsin-oshkosh-oshkosh-wi.