48246 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 199 / Tuesday, October 17, 2017 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0024102; 

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 and associated funerary 

objects, 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 associated funerary object 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 and associated 

funerary object should submit a written 

request to the Wisconsin Historical 

Society. If no additional requestors 

come forward, transfer of control of the 

human remains and associated funerary 

object 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 and associated funerary 

object 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 and associated 

funerary objects under the control of the 

Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, 

WI. The human remains and associated 

funerary object were removed from the 

Water Street Cemetery, Marinette 

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 and associated funerary object. 

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 1992, human remains representing, 

at minimum, one individual were 

removed from the historic Water Street 

Cemetery (47–MT–0288) in Marinette 

County, WI. Human remains were 

discovered by a construction crew 

digging under an existing gas and sewer 

line. The human remains were taken to 

the City of Marinette Police Department, 

whose personnel went to the site and 

uncovered the burial again, but did not 

conduct further excavations. The Police 

Department subsequently contacted the 

Wisconsin Burial Site Preservation 

Office (BSPO). Representatives of the 

BSPO and the Neville Public Museum 

screened the back dirt and excavated the 

area of the burial where they recovered 

wood from a coffin and the partial 

remains of one adult male. No known 

individuals were identified. The one 

associated funerary object is an 

assemblage of coffin wood. 

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, 

oral histories, 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(3)(A), 

the one object described in this notice 

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. 

• 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 

associated funerary object and any 

present-day Indian Tribe. 

• Treaties, Acts of Congress, or 

Executive Orders indicate that the land 

from which the Native American human 

remains and associated funerary object 

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; 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; Leech 

Lake Band of the Minnesota Chippewa 

Tribe, Minnesota; Menominee Indian 

Tribe of Wisconsin; Mille Lacs Band of 

the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, 

Minnesota; Red Cliff Band of Lake 

Superior Chippewa Indians of 

Wisconsin; and the White Earth Band of 

Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota 

(hereafter referred to as The Aboriginal 

Land Tribes). 

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

disposition of the human remains and 

associated funerary object 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 and associated funerary 

object 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 and 

associated funerary object 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; 

Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin; and the 

Upper Sioux Community, Minnesota, 

that this notice has been published. 

Dated: September 5, 2017. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2017–22425 Filed 10–16–17; 8:45 am] 

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