[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 188 (Wednesday, September 29, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52522-52523]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-25366]
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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 Outagamie
County Historical Society, Inc., Appleton, WI
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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Notice is hereby given in accordance with provisions of the Native
American
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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 Outagamie County Historical Society,
Inc., Appleton, WI.
A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by University
of Wisconsin- Fox Valley Center and Outagamie County Historical
Society, Inc. professional staff in consultation with representatives
of the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin.
In 1951, human remains representing three individuals were
recovered from a burial mound across the canal from the Gringnon Home
in Kaukauna, WI by William Wolfe, archeologist and curator of the
Grignon Home and were accessioned into the collections of the Outagamie
County Historical Society, Inc. No known individuals were identified.
The approximately 2,880 associated funerary objects include silver
jewelry and crosses, Spanish coins, beads, brass bells and buttons,
projectile points, brass tinklers, fabric pieces, gun parts, and iron
ax fragments.
Based on the associated funerary objects, these individuals have
been identified as Native American. Based on the dates of manufacture
of the silver trade jewelry and crosses, these burial have been dated
to c. 1773-1809 A.D. Although many tribes moved through the Kaukauna,
WI area during the late 18th and early 19th centuries, historic records
indicate that only the Menominee were present in this area throughout
the 1773-1809 A.D. period. Comparison of the associated funerary
objects with those recovered in known Menominee burials at Butte des
Morts and Green Bay from the 1773-1809 period indicate consistent
characteristics of Menominee dress, ornamentation, and manner of
interment.
Based on the above mentioned information, officials of the
Outagamie County Historical Society, Inc. have determined that,
pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 (d)(1), the human remains listed above
represent the physical remains of three individuals of Native American
ancestry. Officials of the Outagamie County Historical Society, Inc.
have also determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 (d)(2), the
approximately 2,880 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. Lastly, officials
of the Outagamie County Historical Society, Inc. have determined that,
pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 (e), there is a relationship of shared group
identity which 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. Representatives of any other Indian tribe that
believes itself to be culturally affiliated with these human remains
and associated funerary objects should contact Matthew Carpenter,
Curator of Collections, Outagamie County Historical Society, Inc., 330
East College Ave., Appleton, WI 54911; telephone: (920) 735-9370, ext.
113, before October 29, 1999. Repatriation of the human remains and
associated funerary objects to the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin
may begin after that date if no additional claimants come forward.
Dated: September 24, 1999.
Francis P. McManamon,
Departmental Consulting Archeologist,
Manager, Archeology and Ethnography Program.
[FR Doc. 99-25366 Filed 9-28-99; 8:45 am]
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