Notice of Inventory Completion for Native American Human Remains and Associated Funerary Objects in the Possession of the Outagamie County Historical Society, Inc., Appleton, WI

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 188 (Wednesday, September 29, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52522-52523]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-25366]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Notice of Inventory Completion for Native American Human Remains 
and Associated Funerary Objects in the Possession of the Outagamie 
County Historical Society, Inc., Appleton, WI

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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    Notice is hereby given in accordance with provisions of the Native 
American

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Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 43 CFR 10.9, of the 
completion of an inventory of human remains and associated funerary 
objects in the possession of the Outagamie County Historical Society, 
Inc., Appleton, WI.
    A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by University 
of Wisconsin- Fox Valley Center and Outagamie County Historical 
Society, Inc. professional staff in consultation with representatives 
of the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin.
    In 1951, human remains representing three individuals were 
recovered from a burial mound across the canal from the Gringnon Home 
in Kaukauna, WI by William Wolfe, archeologist and curator of the 
Grignon Home and were accessioned into the collections of the Outagamie 
County Historical Society, Inc. No known individuals were identified. 
The approximately 2,880 associated funerary objects include silver 
jewelry and crosses, Spanish coins, beads, brass bells and buttons, 
projectile points, brass tinklers, fabric pieces, gun parts, and iron 
ax fragments.
    Based on the associated funerary objects, these individuals have 
been identified as Native American. Based on the dates of manufacture 
of the silver trade jewelry and crosses, these burial have been dated 
to c. 1773-1809 A.D. Although many tribes moved through the Kaukauna, 
WI area during the late 18th and early 19th centuries, historic records 
indicate that only the Menominee were present in this area throughout 
the 1773-1809 A.D. period. Comparison of the associated funerary 
objects with those recovered in known Menominee burials at Butte des 
Morts and Green Bay from the 1773-1809 period indicate consistent 
characteristics of Menominee dress, ornamentation, and manner of 
interment.
    Based on the above mentioned information, officials of the 
Outagamie County Historical Society, Inc. have determined that, 
pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 (d)(1), the human remains listed above 
represent the physical remains of three individuals of Native American 
ancestry. Officials of the Outagamie County Historical Society, Inc. 
have also determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 (d)(2), the 
approximately 2,880 objects listed above 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. Lastly, officials 
of the Outagamie County Historical Society, Inc. have determined that, 
pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 (e), there is a relationship of shared group 
identity which can be reasonably traced between these Native American 
human remains and associated funerary objects and the Menominee Indian 
Tribe of Wisconsin.
    This notice has been sent to officials of the Menominee Indian 
Tribe of Wisconsin. Representatives of any other Indian tribe that 
believes itself to be culturally affiliated with these human remains 
and associated funerary objects should contact Matthew Carpenter, 
Curator of Collections, Outagamie County Historical Society, Inc., 330 
East College Ave., Appleton, WI 54911; telephone: (920) 735-9370, ext. 
113, before October 29, 1999. Repatriation of the human remains and 
associated funerary objects to the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin 
may begin after that date if no additional claimants come forward.
Dated: September 24, 1999.
Francis P. McManamon,
Departmental Consulting Archeologist,
Manager, Archeology and Ethnography Program.
[FR Doc. 99-25366 Filed 9-28-99; 8:45 am]
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