[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 92 (Thursday, May 13, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 26987]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-11347]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion: Wisconsin Historical Society,
Museum Division, Madison, WI
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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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 in the possession of the Wisconsin Historical Society, Museum
Division (aka State Historical Society of Wisconsin), Madison, WI. The
human remains and associated funerary objects were removed from Fond du
Lac 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). 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.
An assessment of the human remains was made by the Wisconsin
Historical Society professional staff in consultation with
representatives of the Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin and the Winnebago
Tribe of Nebraska.
In 1926, human remains were removed from a grave near Luco Creek
(47-FD-0242), Fond du Lac, Fond du Lac County, WI, during sewer
construction. Workers encountered three skeletons with associated
funerary objects. On September 23, 1926, one cranium and some of the
associated funerary objects were brought to the Wisconsin Historical
Society. A small glazed ceramic perfume bottle was sent to the
Milwaukee Public Museum at about the same time. The workers retained
custody of a pipe, beads, and two silver crosses, but discarded the
other skeletal material at the time of discovery, (see Wisconsin
Historical Society accession file 1926.84 and the Archaeological Sites
Inventory). No known individual was identified. The two associated
funerary objects are one trade sheet silver headdress and a fragment of
woven cloth.
Trade silver first appeared in the United States circa A.D. 1760.
What is referred to as German trade silver (an alloy of copper, zinc,
and nickel) was not introduced until A.D. 1830. The sheet silver
headdress has been identified as German trade silver, thereby dating
the burial to post A.D. 1830. Based on cranial morphology, the human
remains are determined to represent an adult male of mixed Native
American and Caucasian ethnicity. Oral history and historical records,
indicate the Luco Creek site is located across the creek from an
historic Winnebago village, which was located at Taycheedah, (1857,
Augustin Grignon, Wisconsin Historical Collections 3: 264, 288). This
places the site within the historic territory of the Ho-Chunk Nation of
Wisconsin and Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska. Furthermore, the dates of
occupation of the site are consistent with the time-period in which the
Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin and the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska
inhabited the area.
Officials of the Wisconsin Historical Society have determined that,
pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described above
represent the physical remains of one individual of Native American
ancestry. Officials of the Wisconsin Historical Society also have
determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the two objects
described above are reasonably believed to have been placed with or
near the human remains at the time of death or later during the death
rite or ceremony. Lastly, officials of the Wisconsin Historical Society
have determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there is a
relationship of shared group identity that can be reasonably traced
between the Native American human remains and associated funerary
objects and the Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin and the Winnebago Tribe of
Nebraska.
Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to
be culturally affiliated with the human remains and/or associated
funerary objects should contact Jennifer L. Kolb at the Wisconsin
Historical Museum, 30 N. Carroll St., Madison, WI 53703, telephone
(608) 261-2461, before June 14, 2010. Repatriation of the human remains
and associated funerary objects to the Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin and
the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska may proceed after that date if no
additional claimants come forward.
The Wisconsin Historical Society is responsible for notifying the
Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin and the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska that
this notice has been published.
Dated: April 28, 2010
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2010-11347 Filed 5-12-10; 8:45 am]
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