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repatriation of the human remains are 

considered a single request and not 

competing requests. The PMAE is 

responsible for sending a copy of this 

notice to the Indian Tribe identified in 

this notice. 

Authority: Native American Graves 

Protection and Repatriation Act, 25 

U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing 

regulations, 43 CFR 10.9, 10.10, and 

10.14. 

Dated: October 18, 2023. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

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[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0036803; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, 

Oshkosh, WI 

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 has 

completed an inventory of human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

and has determined that there is a 

cultural affiliation between the human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian 

organizations in this notice. The human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

were removed from Winnebago, WI. 

DATES: Repatriation of the human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

in this notice may occur on or after 

November 24, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: Adrienne Frie, University of 

Wisconsin Oshkosh, 800 Algoma 

Boulevard, Oshkosh, WI 54901, 

telephone (920) 424–1365, email friea@

uwosh.edu. 

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 the University of 

Wisconsin Oshkosh. The National Park 

Service is not responsible for the 

determinations in this notice. 

Additional information on the 

determinations in this notice, including 

the results of consultation, can be found 

in the inventory or related records held 

by the University of Wisconsin 

Oshkosh. 

Description 

In 1975, human remains representing, 

at minimum, six individuals were 

removed from the Nile Roeder Site (47– 

WN–0197) in Winnebago, Winnebago 

County, WI, after being inadvertently 

found during construction. The 

principal investigator, Dr. Alaric 

Faulkner, performed a salvage 

excavation under the auspices of the 

University of Wisconsin Oshkosh. The 

104 associated funerary objects are one 

bone flesher; one deer scapula hoe; one 

antler pressure flaker; one antler tool; 

one antler awl; one large mammal tooth 

fragment; one bear canine; one canid 

canine; one mussel shell; one fish 

otolith; one equid incisor; one lot of 

turtle shell fragments; one bear tooth 

fragment; one lot consisting of bird 

bones; one lot consisting of fish bones; 

two naiad shells; two lots consisting of 

naiad shells; two unidentified mammal 

bones; one lot consisting of unidentified 

small mammal bones; one unidentified 

large/medium mammal bone; one cord 

paddled and punctuated, grit-tempered 

ceramic rim sherd; three lots consisting 

of cord paddled, grit-tempered ceramic 

body sherds; one cord impressed, grittempered ceramic body sherd; one lot 

consisting of cord paddled and 

dentated, grit-tempered ceramic body 

sherds; three lots consisting of cord 

impressed, grit-tempered ceramic rim 

sherds; one lot consisting of cord 

impressed, grit-tempered ceramic rim 

sherds; one decorated, grit-tempered 

ceramic body sherd; one lot consisting 

of decorated, grit-tempered ceramic 

body sherds; one lot consisting of 

dentate, grit-tempered ceramic body 

sherds; two diagnostic, grit-tempered 

ceramic rim sherds; one incised, grittempered ceramic rim sherd; five lots 

consisting of undecorated, grit-tempered 

ceramic body sherds; one lot consisting 

of undecorated, grit-tempered ceramic 

rim sherds; two undecorated, grittempered ceramic rim sherds; one 

decorated, shell-tempered ceramic body 

sherd; one lot consisting of decorated, 

shell-tempered ceramic body sherds; 

one lot consisting of diagnostic, shelltempered ceramic rim sherds; one 

impressed, shell-tempered ceramic rim 

sherd; one lot consisting of impressed 

and dentated, shell-tempered ceramic 

rim sherds; one lot consisting of incised, 

shell-tempered ceramic body sherds; 

one undecorated, shell-tempered 

ceramic rim; one lot consisting of cord 

impressed, shell-tempered ceramic body 

sherds; one lot consisting of impressed 

and trailed, shell-tempered ceramic rim 

sherds; three lots consisting of 

impressed, shell-tempered ceramic rim 

sherds; one impressed, trailed, and 

dentated shell-tempered ceramic rim 

sherd; one lot consisting of trailed and 

dentated, shell-tempered ceramic body 

sherds; one lot consisting of trailed and 

punctuated, shell-tempered ceramic rim 

sherds; four lots consisting of trailed, 

shell-tempered ceramic body sherds; six 

lots consisting of undecorated, shelltempered ceramic body sherds; one 

trailed and punctuated, shell-tempered 

ceramic rim sherd; one lot consisting of 

trailed, shell-tempered ceramic rim 

sherds; four lots consisting of 

undecorated, shell-tempered ceramic 

rim sherds; one cord paddled, shelltempered ceramic rim sherd; two corner 

notched, expanding stem projectile 

points; three fire cracked rocks; one 

hammerstone; one anvil stone; one 

biface projectile point; one biface tool 

fragment; six lots consisting of lithic 

debitage; one lithic drill; one lot 

consisting of lithic drills; one 

groundstone anvil; two lithic preforms; 

one side-notched projectile point; one 

lithic hafted knife; one shell-tempered 

clay disc fragment; one lot consisting of 

cuprous metal; and one soil matrix 

sample. 

Cultural Affiliation 

The human remains and associated 

funerary objects in this notice are 

connected to one or more identifiable 

earlier groups, tribes, peoples, or 

cultures. There is a relationship of 

shared group identity between the 

identifiable earlier groups, tribes, 

peoples, or cultures and one or more 

Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian 

organizations. The following type of 

information was used to reasonably 

trace the relationship: geographical. 

Determinations 

Pursuant to NAGPRA and its 

implementing regulations, and after 

consultation with the appropriate 

Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 

organizations, the University of 

Wisconsin Oshkosh has determined 

that: 

• The human remains described in 

this notice represent the physical 

remains of six individuals of Native 

American ancestry. 

• The 104 objects described in this 

notice 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. 

• There is a relationship of shared 

group identity that can be reasonably 

traced between the human remains and 

associated funerary objects described in 

this notice and the Assiniboine and 

Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Indian 

Reservation, Montana; Bad River Band 


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of the Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa 

Indians of the Bad River Reservation, 

Wisconsin; Bay Mills Indian 

Community, Michigan; Cheyenne River 

Sioux Tribe of the Cheyenne River 

Reservation, South Dakota; Chippewa 

Cree Indians of the Rocky Boy’s 

Reservation, Montana; Citizen 

Potawatomi Nation, Oklahoma; Crow 

Creek Sioux Tribe of the Crow Creek 

Reservation, South Dakota; Flandreau 

Santee Sioux Tribe of South Dakota; 

Forest County Potawatomi Community, 

Wisconsin; Grand Traverse Band of 

Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, 

Michigan; Hannahville Indian 

Community, Michigan; Ho-Chunk 

Nation of Wisconsin; Iowa Tribe of 

Kansas and Nebraska; Iowa Tribe of 

Oklahoma; Keweenaw Bay Indian 

Community, Michigan; Kickapoo 

Traditional Tribe of Texas; Kickapoo 

Tribe of Indians of the Kickapoo 

Reservation in Kansas; Kickapoo Tribe 

of Oklahoma; Lac Courte Oreilles Band 

of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of 

Wisconsin; Lac du Flambeau Band of 

Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of the 

Lac du Flambeau Reservation of 

Wisconsin; Lac Vieux Desert Band of 

Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of 

Michigan; Little Shell Tribe of 

Chippewa Indians of Montana; Lower 

Brule Sioux Tribe of the Lower Brule 

Reservation, South Dakota; Lower Sioux 

Indian Community in the State of 

Minnesota; Match-e-be-nash-she-wish 

Band of Pottawatomi Indians of 

Michigan; Menominee Indian Tribe of 

Wisconsin; Miami Tribe of Oklahoma; 

Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota 

(Six component reservations: Bois Forte 

Band (Nett Lake); Fond du Lac Band; 

Grand Portage Band; Leech Lake Band; 

Mille Lacs Band; White Earth Band); 

Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the 

Potawatomi, Michigan; Oglala Sioux 

Tribe; Otoe-Missouria Tribe of Indians, 

Oklahoma; Pokagon Band of 

Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and 

Indiana; Prairie Band Potawatomi 

Nation; Prairie Island Indian 

Community in the State of Minnesota; 

Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior 

Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; Red 

Lake Band of Chippewa Indians, 

Minnesota; Rosebud Sioux Tribe of the 

Rosebud Indian Reservation, South 

Dakota; Sac & Fox Nation of Missouri in 

Kansas and Nebraska; Sac & Fox Nation, 

Oklahoma; Sac & Fox Tribe of the 

Mississippi in Iowa; Saginaw Chippewa 

Indian Tribe of Michigan; Santee Sioux 

Nation, Nebraska; Sault Ste. Marie Tribe 

of Chippewa Indians, Michigan; 

Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux 

Community of Minnesota; SissetonWahpeton Oyate of the Lake Traverse 

Reservation, South Dakota; Sokaogon 

Chippewa Community, Wisconsin; 

Spirit Lake Tribe, North Dakota; St. 

Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; 

Standing Rock Sioux Tribe of North & 

South Dakota; Stockbridge Munsee 

Community, Wisconsin; Turtle 

Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians of 

North Dakota; Upper Sioux Community, 

Minnesota; Winnebago Tribe of 

Nebraska; and the Yankton Sioux Tribe 

of South Dakota. 

Requests for Repatriation 

Written requests for repatriation of the 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects in this notice must be sent to the 

Responsible Official identified in 

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 objects in this 

notice to a requestor may occur on or 

after November 24, 2023. If competing 

requests for repatriation are received, 

the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh 

must determine the most appropriate 

requestor prior to repatriation. Requests 

for joint repatriation of the human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

are considered a single request and not 

competing requests. The University of 

Wisconsin Oshkosh is responsible for 

sending a copy of this notice to the 

Indian Tribes identified in this notice. 

Authority: Native American Graves 

Protection and Repatriation Act, 25 

U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing 

regulations, 43 CFR 10.9, 10.10, and 

10.14. 

Dated: October 18, 2023. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0036820; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: Santa 

Barbara Museum of Natural History, 

Santa Barbara, CA 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Santa 

Barbara Museum of Natural History has 

completed an inventory of human 

remains and has determined that there 

is a cultural affiliation between the 

human remains and Indian Tribes or 

Native Hawaiian organizations in this 

notice. The human remains were 

removed from Calaveras County, CA. 

DATES: Repatriation of the human 

remains in this notice may occur on or 

after November 24, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: Luke Swetland, President 

and CEO, Santa Barbara Museum of 

Natural History, 2559 Puesta del Sol, 

Santa Barbara, CA 93105, telephone 

(805) 682–4711, email lswetland@

sbnature2.org. 

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 the Santa Barbara 

Museum of Natural History. The 

National Park Service is not responsible 

for the determinations in this notice. 

Additional information on the 

determinations in this notice, including 

the results of consultation, can be found 

in the inventory or related records held 

by the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural 

History. 

Description 

Human remains representing, at 

minimum, 21 individuals were removed 

from Calaveras County, CA. In 1951, 

Phil Cummings Orr, archeologist and 

Curator of Paleontology and 

Anthropology at the Santa Barbara 

Museum of Natural History, removed 

these human remains during 

excavations he conducted at Moaning 

Cavern (CA–CAL–13) and Cave of 

Skulls (CA–CAL–29), near Vallecito, 

CA. No associated funerary objects are 

present. 

Cultural Affiliation 

The human remains in this notice are 

connected to one or more identifiable 

earlier groups, tribes, peoples, or 

cultures. There is a relationship of 

shared group identity between the 

identifiable earlier groups, tribes, 

peoples, or cultures and one or more 

Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian 

organizations. The following types of 

information were used to reasonably 

trace the relationship: Geographical, 

kinship, biological, archeological, 

linguistic, folkloric, oral traditional, 

historic, and other information or expert 


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