Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 199 / Tuesday, October 17, 2017 / Notices 48245 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0024111; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, 

WI 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Wisconsin Historical 

Society has completed an inventory of 

human remains, in consultation with 

the appropriate Indian tribes or Native 

Hawaiian organizations, and has 

determined that there is no cultural 

affiliation between the human remains 

and any present-day Indian tribes or 

Native Hawaiian organizations. 

Representatives of any Indian tribe or 

Native Hawaiian organization not 

identified in this notice that wish to 

request transfer of control of these 

human remains should submit a written 

request to the Wisconsin Historical 

Society. If no additional requestors 

come forward, transfer of control of the 

human remains to the Indian tribes or 

Native Hawaiian organizations stated in 

this notice may proceed. 

DATES: Representatives of any Indian 

tribe or Native Hawaiian organization 

not identified in this notice that wish to 

request transfer of control of these 

human remains should submit a written 

request with information in support of 

the request to the Wisconsin Historical 

Society at the address in this notice by 

November 16, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: Jennifer Kolb, Wisconsin 

Historical Society, 816 State St., 

Madison, WI 53706, telephone (608) 

264–6434, email Jennifer.Kolb@

wisconsinhistory.org. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 under the control of 

the Wisconsin Historical Society, 

Madison, WI. The human remains were 

removed from the Nekoosa Mound 

Group, Wood 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) and 43 CFR 10.11(d). 

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. The National Park Service is 

not responsible for the determinations 

in this notice. 

Consultation 

A detailed assessment of the human 

remains was made by the Wisconsin 

Historical Society professional staff in 

consultation with representatives of the 

Forest County Potawatomi Community, 

Wisconsin; Ho-Chunk Nation of 

Wisconsin; Lac du Flambeau Band of 

Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of the 

Lac du Flambeau Reservation of 

Wisconsin; Menominee Indian Tribe of 

Wisconsin; and the Upper Sioux 

Community, Minnesota. 

History and Description of the Remains 

In 1965, human remains representing, 

at minimum, one individual were 

removed from the Nekoosa Mound 

Group (47–WO–0014) in Wood County, 

WI. Very fragmentary partially cremated 

human remains were collected by 

archeologist William M. Hurley from 

Mound 4, one of the site’s conical 

mounds. An unknown individual 

donated the human remains to the 

Wisconsin Historical Society at an 

unknown date. No known individuals 

were identified. No associated funerary 

objects are present. 

Determinations Made by the Wisconsin 

Historical Society 

Officials of the Wisconsin Historical 

Society have determined that: 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the 

human remains described in this notice 

are Native American based on 

Wisconsin Historical Society records, 

burial location, archeological context, 

and skeletal analysis. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the 

human remains described in this notice 

represent the physical remains of one 

individual of Native American ancestry. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), a 

relationship of shared group identity 

cannot be reasonably traced between the 

Native American human remains and 

any present-day Indian tribe. 

• Treaties, Acts of Congress, or 

Executive Orders indicate that the land 

from which the Native American human 

remains were removed is the aboriginal 

land of the Bad River Band of the Lake 

Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians of 

the Bad River Reservation, Wisconsin; 

Bay Mills Indian Community, Michigan; 

Bois Forte Band (Nett Lake) of the 

Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota; 

Chippewa Cree Indians of the Rocky 

Boy’s Reservation, Montana; Fond du 

Lac Band of the Minnesota Chippewa 

Tribe, Minnesota; Grand Portage Band 

of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, 

Minnesota; Grand Traverse Band of 

Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, 

Michigan; Ho-Chunk Nation of 

Wisconsin; Keweenaw Bay Indian 

Community, Michigan; 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, Michigan; Leech 

Lake Band of the Minnesota Chippewa 

Tribe, Minnesota; Menominee Indian 

Tribe of Wisconsin; Mille Lacs Band of 

the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, 

Minnesota; Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, 

Minnesota; Red Cliff Band of Lake 

Superior Chippewa Indians of 

Wisconsin; Red Lake Band of Chippewa 

Indians, Minnesota; Saginaw Chippewa 

Indian Tribe of Michigan; Sault Ste. 

Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians, 

Michigan; Sokaogon Chippewa 

Community, Wisconsin; St. Croix 

Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; Turtle 

Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians of 

North Dakota; White Earth Band of 

Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota; 

and the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska 

(hereafter referred to as The Aboriginal 

Land Tribes). 

• Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the 

disposition of the human remains may 

be to The Aboriginal Land Tribes. 

Additional Requestors and Disposition 

Representatives of any Indian tribe or 

Native Hawaiian organization not 

identified in this notice that wish to 

request transfer of control of these 

human remains should submit a written 

request with information in support of 

the request to Jennifer Kolb, Wisconsin 

Historical Society, 816 State St., 

Madison, WI 53706, telephone (608) 

264–6434, email Jennifer.Kolb@

wisconsinhistory.org, by November 16, 

2017. After that date, if no additional 

requestors have come forward, transfer 

of control of the human remains to The 

Aboriginal Land Tribes may proceed. 

The Wisconsin Historical Society is 

responsible for notifying The Aboriginal 

Land Tribes and the Forest County 

Potawatomi Community, Wisconsin, 

and the Upper Sioux Community, 

Minnesota, that this notice has been 

published. 

Dated: September 5, 2017. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

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