[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 164 (Wednesday, August 25, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52369-52370]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-21192]
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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 an associated funerary
object in the possession of the Wisconsin Historical Society (aka State
Historical Society of Wisconsin), Museum Division, Madison, WI. The
human remains and associated funerary
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object are assumed to have been removed from Madeline Island, Ashland
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 object. The National
Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice.
A detailed assessment of the human remains was done by Wisconsin
Historical Society professional staff in consultation with the Great
Lakes Ojibwe Cultural Protection and Repatriation Alliance, a non-
federally recognized Indian group, and the Wisconsin Inter-tribal
Repatriation Committee, a non-federally recognized Indian group with
Federally-recognized member Indian tribes (Bad River Band of the Lake
Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians of the Bad River Reservation,
Wisconsin; Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians
of Wisconsin; Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of
Wisconsin; Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of
Wisconsin; St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; and the Sokaogon
Chippewa Community, Wisconsin).
At an unknown date, human remains representing a minimum of one
individual were most likely removed from Madeline Island, Ashland
County, WI, possibly by Al Galazen. No known individual was identified.
The one associated funerary object is a soil matrix, which includes
within it a textile fragment, trade beads, nail fragments, and metal
fragments.
In 2008, staff at the Madeline Island Museum located a box
containing what appeared to be a soil matrix with burial related
objects, including possible human remains. The box was transferred to
the Wisconsin Historical Society, where professional staff examined the
contents and positively identified the presence of human remains,
representing a minimum of one individual. The textile fragment, beads,
nails, and metal fragments were enveloped inside the soil matrix.
Provenience information is limited to an inscription on the outside of
the box, ``Madeline Island Al Galazen.'' Al Galazen (1903-1992) was a
well-known collector from Madeline Island who donated most of his
personal collection of archeological materials to the Madeline Island
Museum. The individual is believed to be of Native American ancestry,
based on the presence of trade beads within the soil matrix and the
known collecting practices of the presumed donor, Al Galazen. The
contents of the soil matrix date to the Historic Period.
Consultation with the Great Lakes Ojibwe Cultural Protection and
Repatriation Alliance and the Wisconsin Inter-tribal Repatriation
Committee indicated that the Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Tribe
of Chippewa Indians of the Bad River Reservation, Wisconsin, and Red
Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin, are known to
have inhabited the region during the Historic Period. Further
consultation resulted in the identification of the Red Cliff and Bad
River Bands as being direct descendents of Chief Buffalo and the
occupants of the village on Madeline Island (Treaty of La Pointe,
1854). Finally, the Ojibwe bands consider Madeline Island to be sacred.
Officials of the 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 Wisconsin Historical
Society, Museum Division, also have determined that, pursuant to 25
U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the one object described above is 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 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 human remains and associated funerary object and the Bad
River Band of the Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians of the Bad
River Reservation, Wisconsin, and Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior
Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin.
Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to
be culturally affiliated with the human remains should contact Jennifer
L. Kolb, Wisconsin Historical Museum, 30 N. Carroll St., Madison, WI
53703, telephone (608) 261-2461, before September 24, 2010.
Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary object to the
Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians of the
Bad River Reservation, Wisconsin, and Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior
Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin, may proceed after that date if no
additional claimants come forward.
The Wisconsin Historical Society, Museum Division, is responsible
for notifying the Federally-recognized member Indian tribes of the
Wisconsin Inter-tribal Repatriation Committee: Bad River Band of the
Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians of the Bad River Reservation,
Wisconsin; Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians
of Wisconsin; Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of
Wisconsin; Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of
Wisconsin; St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; and the Sokaogon
Chippewa Community, Wisconsin; and the Great Lakes Ojibwe Cultural
Protection and Repatriation Alliance, a non-federally recognized Indian
group, that this notice has been published.
Dated: August 19, 2010
David Tarler,
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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