FR Doc E9-4683[Federal Register: March 5, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 42)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion: School District of Rhinelander,
Rhinelander High School, Rhinelander, 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 the
School District of Rhinelander, Rhinelander High School, Rhinelander,
WI. The human remains were removed from Oneida 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 the School
District of Rhinelander professional staff in consultation with
representatives of the Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Tribe of
Chippewa Indians of the Bad River Reservation, Wisconsin; Bois Forte
Band (Nett Lake) of the Minnesota Chippewa Indians, Minnesota; Fond du
Lac Band of the Minnesota Chippewa Indians, Minnesota; Grand Portage
Band of the Minnesota Chippewa Indians, Minnesota; Keeweenaw 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 Indians, Minnesota; Mille Lacs Band of
the Minnesota Chippewa Indians, Minnesota; Red Cliff Band of Lake
Superior Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; St. Croix Chippewa Indians of
Wisconsin; Sokaogon Chippewa Community, Wisconsin; and White Earth Band
of the Minnesota Chippewa Indians, Minnesota.
In approximately 1969, human remains representing a minimum of one
individual were removed from the Lake Nokomis area, Oneida County, WI,
by an unknown individual. No known individual was identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
According to school district records, at the time of removal, the
Oneida County Sheriff's Department conducted an investigation. The
human remains are between 2,500 and 3,000 years old. Based on the age
of the human remains and their association to an area with a Native
American presence, the human remains are determined to be Native
American. Since the area has been occupied by many tribes, the Native
American human remains are determined to have a broad cultural
affiliation with tribes that inhabited the
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area. The tribes that have inhabited this area are the Bad River Band
of the Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians of the Bad River
Reservation, Wisconsin; Bois Forte Band (Nett Lake) of the Minnesota
Chippewa Indians, Minnesota; Fond du Lac Band of the Minnesota Chippewa
Indians, Minnesota; Grand Portage Band of the Minnesota Chippewa
Indians, Minnesota; Keeweenaw 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 Indians, Minnesota; Mille Lacs Band of the Minnesota Chippewa
Indians, Minnesota; Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of
Wisconsin; St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; Sokaogon Chippewa
Community, Wisconsin; and White Earth Band of the Minnesota Chippewa
Indians, Minnesota.
Officials of the School District of Rhinelander have determined
that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9-10), the human remains described
above represent the physical remains of one individual of Native
American ancestry. Officials of the School District of Rhinelander 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 Bad River Band of the
Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians of the Bad River Reservation,
Wisconsin; Bois Forte Band (Nett Lake) of the Minnesota Chippewa
Indians, Minnesota; Fond du Lac Band of the Minnesota Chippewa Indians,
Minnesota; Grand Portage Band of the Minnesota Chippewa Indians,
Minnesota; Keeweenaw 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
Indians, Minnesota; Mille Lacs Band of the Minnesota Chippewa Indians,
Minnesota; Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of
Wisconsin; St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; Sokaogon Chippewa
Community, Wisconsin; and White Earth Band of the Minnesota Chippewa
Indians, Minnesota.
Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to
be culturally affiliated with the human remains should contact Terry
Fondow, Principal, Rhinelander High School, 665 Coolidge Ave.,
Rhinelander, WI 54501, telephone (715) 365-9500, before April 6, 2009.
Repatriation of the human remains has occurred to the Wisconsin Inter-
tribal Repatriation Committee, which represents the Bad River Band of
the Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians of the Bad River
Reservation, Wisconsin; Forest County Potawatomi Community, Wisconsin;
Ho-Chunk Nation of 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, Michigan;
Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin; Oneida Tribe of Indians of
Wisconsin; Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of
Wisconsin; St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; Sokaogon Chippewa
Community, Wisconsin; and Stockbridge Munsee Community, Wisconsin.
The School District of Rhinelander is responsible for notifying the
Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians of the
Bad River Reservation, Wisconsin; Bois Forte Band (Nett Lake) of the
Minnesota Chippewa Indians, Minnesota; Fond du Lac Band of the
Minnesota Chippewa Indians, Minnesota; Forest County Potawatomi
Community, Wisconsin; Grand Portage Band of the Minnesota Chippewa
Indians, Minnesota; Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin; Keeweenaw 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 Indians, Minnesota; Menominee Indian
Tribe of Wisconsin; Mille Lacs Band of the Minnesota Chippewa Indians,
Minnesota; Oneida Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin; Red Cliff Band of Lake
Superior Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; St. Croix Chippewa Indians of
Wisconsin; Sokaogon Chippewa Community, Wisconsin; and White Earth Band
of the Minnesota Chippewa Indians, Minnesota that this notice has been
published.
Dated: February 13, 2009.
Sangita Chari,
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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