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10.2 (c). The determinations within this

notice are the sole responsibility of the

museum, institution, or Federal agency

that has control of these cultural items.

The National Park Service is not

responsible for the determinations

within this notice.

The 302 cultural items are stone and

antler arrowheads and arrowhead

fragments, chert flake tools, stone blade

inserts, and ivory ornamental carvings.

During 1956-61, these cultural items

were recovered by Dr. J. Louis Giddings

during legally authorized excavations

from a series of burials at Cape

Krusenstern, Battle Rock Site vicinity,

and the Choris Peninsula from five

features judged to be former surface

burials where all skeletal remains had

completely decayed.

Based on geographic location,

archeological evidence, and types of

objects, these cultural items have been

affiliated with Inupiat Eskimo culture

and specifically with the Native Village

of Kotzebue. This determination of

cultural affiliation has been based upon

the continuity of Native Americans in

the Kotzebue area and their oral

tradition that the area where the

remains were found is within their

traditional territory.

Based on the above-mentioned

information, officials of the Bureau of

Land Management have determined

that, pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2(d)(2)(ii),

these 302 cultural items 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 and are

believed, by a preponderance of the

evidence, to have been removed from a

specific burial site of an Native

American individual. Officials of the

Bureau of Land Management also have

determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR

10.2(e), there is a relationship of shared

group identity that can be reasonably

traced between these items and the

Native Village of Kotzebue. This notice

has been sent to officials of the Native

Village of Kotzebue. Representatives of

any other Indian tribe that believes itself

to be culturally affiliated with these

unassociated funerary objects should

contact Dr. Robert E. King, Alaska State

NAGPRA Coordinator, Bureau of Land

Management, 222 West 7th Avenue,

#13, Anchorage, AK 99513–7599,

telephone (907) 271-5510, before

November 24, 2000. Repatriation of

these unassociated funerary objects to

the Native Village of Kotzebue may

begin after that date if no additional

claimants come forward.

Dated: October 18, 2000.

John Robbins,

Assistant Director, Cultural Resources

Stewardship and Partnerships.

[FR Doc. 00–27369 Filed 10–24–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–70–F

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

Notice of Inventory Completion for

Native American Human Remains and

Associated Funerary Objects in the

Control of the Bureau of Indian Affairs

and in the Possession of the Oshkosh

Public Museum, Oshkosh, WI

AGENCY: National Park Service

ACTION: Notice

Notice is hereby given in accordance

with provisions of the Native American

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 control of the Bureau of Indian

Affairs and in the possession of the

Oshkosh Public Museum, Oshkosh, WI.

This notice is published as part of the

National Park Service’s administrative

responsibilities under NAGPRA, 43 CFR

10.2 (c). The determinations within this

notice are the sole responsibility of the

museum, institution, or Federal agency

that has possession of these Native

American human remains and

associated funerary objects. The

National Park Service is not responsible

for the determinations within this

notice.

A detailed assessment of the human

remains and associated funerary objects

was made by Oshkosh Public Museum

professional staff in consultation with

representatives of the Menominee

Indian Tribe of Wisconsin.

In 1926, Oshkosh Public Museum

staff Arthur Kannenberg excavated the

graves of two individuals located on the

Menominee Indian Reservation in

Keshena, WI. The remains of one

individual, believed to have been those

of Chief Oshkosh, were re-interred at a

new location in Oshkosh, WI shortly

thereafter. The remains of the second

individual, believed to have been those

of one of Chief Oshkosh’s wives, were

not re-located. Two cervical vertebrae

were removed from one of the two

graves and donated to the Oshkosh

Public Museum by an unknown person,

presumably Mr. Kannenberg, at an

unknown time after 1926. An unknown

person, presumably Mr. Kannenberg,

retained remnants of Chief Oshkosh’s

original casket, including pieces of

glass, metal, cloth, wood, beads, three

nails, and scraps of beaded cloth. These

nine funerary objects were donated to

the Oshkosh Public Museum,

presumably by Mr. Kannenberg, at an

unknown time between 1926-1945. At

an unknown time, but presumably

during the 1926 exhumation, 11

funerary objects consisting of a wooden

spool, 8 buttons, shears, and 1 nail were

collected from the grave of a wife of

Chief Oshkosh. They were donated to

the Oshkosh Public Museum by an

unknown person, but presumed to be

Mr. Kannenberg, at an unknown time

between 1926–1945.

A contemporaneous account of the

exhumation notes the identification of

the remains as Chief Oshkosh based

upon surface markers of ‘‘three rocks

marking the graves of the old chief and

two of his wives. Several graves in this

vicinity were opened, those of the wives

being identified by earrings, brooches

and jewelry in the one, and shears,

needles, buttons and a spool in the

other.’’

Based on the above-mentioned

information, officials of the Oshkosh

Public Museum have determined that,

pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 (d)(1), the

human remains listed above represent

the physical remains of one individual

of Native American ancestry. Officials of

the Oshkosh Public Museum also have

determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR

10.2 (d)(2), the 20 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.

While the likely identity of the

individual reported in this notice has

been determined, officials of the

Oshkosh Public Museum have not been

able to trace a direct and unbroken line

of descent to a particular individual,

pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 (b)(1). Lastly,

officials of the Oshkosh Public Museum

have determined that, pursuant to 43

CFR 10.2 (e), there is a relationship of

shared group identity that 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. Any lineal descendent and

representatives of any other Indian tribe

that believes itself to be culturally

affiliated with these human remains and

associated funerary objects should

contact Joan Lloyd, Registrar, Oshkosh

Public Museum, 1331 Algoma

Boulevard, Oshkosh, WI 54901,

telephone (920) 424–4747, before

November 24, 2000. Repatriation of the

human remains and associated funerary

objects to the Menominee Indian Tribe

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of Wisconsin may begin after that date

if no additional claimants come

forward.

Dated: October 6, 2000.

John Robbins,

Assistant Director, Cultural Resources

Stewardship and Partnerships.

[FR Doc. 00–27392 Filed 10–24–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–70–F

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 Oshkosh Public

Museum, Oshkosh, WI

AGENCY: National Park Service

ACTION: Notice

Notice is hereby given in accordance

with provisions of the Native American

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 Oshkosh Public

Museum, Oshkosh, WI.

This notice is published as part of the

National Park Service’s administrative

responsibilities under NAGPRA, 43 CFR

10.2 (c). The determinations within this

notice are the sole responsibility of the

museum, institution, or Federal agency

that has control of these Native

American human remains and

associated funerary objects. The

National Park Service is not responsible

for the determinations within this

notice.

A detailed assessment of the human

remains and associated funerary objects

was made by Oshkosh Public Museum

professional staff in consultation with

representatives of the Menominee

Indian Tribe of Wisconsin.

In 1961, human remains representing

three individuals were removed during

excavations at the Riverside Site (20-

ME-1), Menominee County, MI by

Oshkosh Public Museum staff Robert

Hruska. No known individuals were

identified. The four associated funerary

objects include copper beads, bifaces,

and fiber fragments.

The remains of one of the three

individuals are cremated. The Riverside

Site is a multi-component cemetery and

habitation site. Intermittent occupation

of the site spans a time period circa

1000 B.C.-A.D. 1850. On the basis of the

four associated funerary objects, these

cremated remains are dated to the

earliest occupation of the Riverside Site.

The stylistic attributes of the copper

objects are characteristic of the Red

Ochre Culture, an archeologically

defined culture within the Archaic

Period, dated to 1000-400 B.C. Oral

history sources identify the mouth of

Green Bay, WI, where the Riverside Site

is located, as the emergence area for the

Menominee people.

The remains of two of the three

individuals were removed from Feature

A. Funerary objects date this burial

feature to the 18th and 19th centuries.

These objects, not in the possession of

the Oshkosh Public Museum, consist of

glass beads, a kettle brass bracelet, and

a ceramic vessel.

In 1964, human remains representing

1 individual and 31 associated funerary

objects were removed during

excavations conducted by the

Wisconsin Archaeological Society from

the Potato Rapids Burial Site (47-Mt-79),

Peshtigo, Marinette County, WI. These

remains and objects were donated to the

Oshkosh Public Museum by the

Wisconsin Archaeological Society at an

unknown date after 1964. No known

individual was identified. The

associated funerary objects include an

iron axe, two bone beads, wampum

beads, seed beadwork, a metal bowl,

five silver bracelets, four silver

brooches, six silver buttons, one metal

can, one comb, one silver crescent, two

silver earrings, three gunflints, one clay

pipe, fabric, and fiber remains. The

associated funerary objects are trade

items consistent with materials owned

by Menominee people circa A.D. 1830-

1850.

The Potato Rapids Burial Site is

located within the area occupied by the

Menominee Indians in the 19th century.

Circa 1936, human remains

representing one individual were

removed from the Robert Grignon

Trading Post Site (47-Wn-137),

Winnebago, WI by Oshkosh Public

Museum staff Arthur Kannenberg.

Documentation indicates that the

tombstone that marked this burial

identified the remains as those of

‘‘Mary/wife of/Robert Grignon/died Dec

24, 1851/age/37 years.’’ The remains

were, reportedly, re-buried in the same

grave except for two vertebrae and two

teeth that are now in the possession of

the Oshkosh Public Museum. A

contemporaneous account of the

excavation of the grave identified Mary

Grignon as the daughter of a fullblooded Menominee chief. Other

historical sources indicate that her

Menominee name is Wak-nau-go-lak. No

associated funerary objects are present.

Oral history indicates that the

Riverside Site is located in the

prehistoric traditional territory of the

Menominee people. Historical evidence

indicates that both the Potato Rapids

Burial Site and the 19th century

component of the Riverside Site were

located within the historically

documented 19th century Menominee

territory at the time of occupation.

Historical evidence provides likely

personal identification and cultural

affiliation for one of the individuals.

There is no evidence to contradict these

findings.

Based on the above-mentioned

information, officials of the Oshkosh

Public Museum have determined that,

pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 (d)(1), the

human remains described above

represent the physical remains of five

individuals of Native American

ancestry. Officials of the Oshkosh Public

Museum also have determined that,

pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 (d)(2), the 35

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. While the likely

identity of one of the individuals

reported in this notice has been

determined, officials of the Oshkosh

Public Museum have not been able to

trace a direct and unbroken line of

descent to a particular individual,

pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 (b)(1). Lastly,

officials of the Oshkosh Public Museum

have determined that, pursuant to 43

CFR 10.2 (e), there is a relationship of

shared group identity that 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 Bad River Band of the Lake

Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians of

the Bad River Reservation, Wisconsin;

Boise Fort Band (Nett Lake) of the

Minnesota Chippewa Indians; Fond du

Lac Band of Minnesota Chippewa

Indians; Grand Portage Band of the

Minnesota Chippewa Indians;

Keweenaw Bay Indian Community of

L’Anse & Ontonagon Bands of

Chippewa Indians of the L’Anse

Reservation, Michigan; Lac Courte

Oreilles Band of Lake Superior

Chippewa Indians of the Lac Courte

Oreilles Reservation of Wisconsin; Lac

Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior

Chippewa Indians of Michigan; Leech

Lake Band of Minnesota Chippewa

Indians; Menominee Indian Tribe of

Wisconsin; Mille Lacs Band of

Minnesota Chippewa Indians; Red Cliff

Band of Lake Superior Chippewa

Indians of Wisconsin; Sokoagon

Chippewa Community of the Mole Lake

Band of Chippewa Indians, Wisconsin;

St. Croix Chippewa Indians of

Wisconsin, St. Croix Reservation;