FR Doc 06-4048
[Federal Register: May 1, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 83)]
[Notices]
[Page 25608-25609]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion: Sheboygan County Historical
Museum, Sheboygan, WI
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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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 in the possession of
Sheboygan County Historical Museum, Sheboygan, WI. The human remains
were removed from Sheboygan 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).
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.
A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by Sheboygan
County Historical Museum professional staff in consultation with
representatives of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, Oklahoma; Forest
County Potawatomi Community, Wisconsin; Hannahville Indian Community,
Michigan; Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin; and Prairie Band of
Potawatomi Nation, Kansas.
In 1938, human remains representing a minimum of one individual
were removed from the Sheboygan Marsh in Sheboygan County, WI, during
the building of the Sheboygan dam, a Works Progress Administration
project. The human remains were kept in private possession until they
were donated by Mr. Charles Luksis of Sheboygan, WI, to the Sheboygan
County Historical Museum in 1985. It is unknown if Mr. Luksis was the
collector. No known individual was identified. No associated funerary
objects are present.
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The human remains are assumed to be of Native American ancestry
because of the presence of other Native American sites, including a
mound, in the immediate vicinity of the Sheboygan dam where the human
remains were most likely recovered. There are no known historic or
European burials in the area. The Sheboygan County Historical Museum
has determined that the human remains are likely culturally affiliated
with the Hannahville Indian Community, Michigan based on judicially
established land areas of the Indian Claims Commission 1978. Finally,
oral history and historic accounts of the presence of the tribe in the
area by the tribal representative, independently verified by the staff
of the Sheboygan County Historical Museum and the Sheboygan County
Historical Research Center, also support the cultural affiliation to
the Hannahville Indian Community, Michigan.
On an unknown date, human remains representing a minimum of four
individuals were removed from the Kraemer property in the Town of
Rhine, Sheboygan County, WI, by an unknown person. The human remains
were taken to the Sheboygan County Historical Museum and donated to the
collection on February 11, 1936, by Mr. Charles E. Broughton, President
of the Sheboygan County Historical Society. No known individuals were
identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
According to museum records, the human remains were excavated from
a mound, which indicates that the human remains are Native American in
origin. The Sheboygan County Historical Museum has determined that the
human remains are most likely culturally affiliated with the
Hannahville Indian Community, Michigan, based on an Indian Claims
Commission decision (Land Claims Map ID 15). Furthermore,
historic accounts of the presence of the tribe in the area by the
tribal representative, independently verified by the staff of the
Sheboygan County Historical Museum and the Sheboygan County Historical
Research Center, also support the cultural affiliation to the
Hannahville Indian Community, Michigan.
Officials of the Sheboygan County Historical Museum have determined
that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9-10), the human remains described
above represent the physical remains of five individuals of Native
American ancestry. Officials of the Sheboygan County Historical Museum
also have determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (2), there is a
relationship of shared group identity that can be reasonably traced
between the Native American human remains and the Hannahville Indian
Community, Michigan.
Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to
be culturally affiliated with the human remains should contact Casandra
Karl, Registrar, Sheboygan County Historical Museum, 3110 Erie Avenue,
Sheboygan, WI 53081, telephone (920) 458-1103, before May 31, 2006.
Repatriation of the human remains to the Hannahville Indian Community,
Michigan may proceed after that date if no additional claimants come
forward.
The Sheboygan County Historical Museum is responsible for notifying
the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, Oklahoma; Forest County Potawatomi
Community, Wisconsin; Hannahville Indian Community, Michigan; Menominee
Indian Tribe of Wisconsin; and Prairie Band of Potawatomi Nation,
Kansas that this notice has been published.
Dated: March 22, 2006.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 06-4048 Filed 4-28-06; 8:45 am]
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