[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 138 (Tuesday, July 20, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 42120]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-17477]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Indian Affairs, Washington, DC and 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 control of the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau
of Indian Affairs, Washington, DC, and in the possession of the
Wisconsin Historical Society, (aka State Historical Society of
Wisconsin), Museum Division, Madison, WI. The human remains and
associated funerary objects were removed from the Menominee
Reservation, Menominee County (formerly Shawano 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 human
remains and associated funerary objects. The National Park Service is
not responsible for the determinations in this notice.
A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by Wisconsin
Historical Society, Museum Division, staff in consultation with
representatives of the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin.
In 1928, human remains representing a minimum of one individual
were removed from a mound located within the boundaries of the
Menominee Indian Tribe Reservation, Menominee County (formerly Shawano
County), WI, by Arthur P. Kannenberg and John V. Satterlee. The exact
location is not known. In 1950, the museum obtained the human remains,
associated funerary objects, and unassociated funerary objects from the
wife of Arthur P. Kannenberg. No known individual was identified. The
three associated funerary objects are earrings.
The human remains, associated funerary objects, and unassociated
funerary objects removed by Arthur P. Kannenberg and John V. Satterlee
were from at least two mounds. The 91 unassociated funerary objects are
described in a companion Notice of Intent to Repatriate Cultural Items.
The Menominee Indian Reservation falls within the ancestral and
historic territory of the Menominee people. Archeological investigation
has uncovered additional historic burials in this area. Additionally,
archeological research shows that copper ornaments and earrings,
similar to the objects mentioned above, are commonly found within
historic Indian burials throughout the Great Lakes region. Furthermore,
Menominee oral history states that the origin of the Menominee people
began at the mouth of the Menominee River, which is approximately 60
miles from the present-day Menominee Reservation.
Officials of the Bureau of Indian Affairs and Wisconsin Historical
Society, Museum Division, 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
Bureau of Indian Affairs and Wisconsin Historical Society, Museum
Division, also have determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A),
the three objects described 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
Bureau of Indian Affairs and Wisconsin Historical Society, Museum
Division, 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 Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin.
Representatives of any other Indian Tribe that believes itself to
be culturally affiliated with the human remains and associated funerary
objects should contact Jennifer L. Kolb, Wisconsin Historical Museum,
30 N. Carroll St., Madison, WI 53703, telephone (608) 261-2461, before
August 19, 2010. Repatriation of the human remains and associated
funerary objects to the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin may proceed
after that date if no additional claimants come forward.
The Wisconsin Historical Society, Museum Division, is responsible
for notifying the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin that this notice
has been published.
Dated: July 9, 2010.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2010-17477 Filed 7-19-10; 8:45 am]
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