# 2025-04361: UW Oshkosh returns ancient stone tools to Michigan tribes

2025-04361, Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, Oshkosh, WI, is a Federal Register notice from Interior Department, National Park Service published 2025-03-18, effective 2025-04-17 (as of 2026-09-30).

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## Facts
- Document number: 2025-04361
- Title: Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, Oshkosh, WI
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Interior Department; National Park Service
- Citation: 90 FR 12563
- Published: 2025-03-18
- Effective: 2025-04-17
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-09-30

## In one line

UW Oshkosh returns ancient stone tools to Michigan tribes

## Summary

The University of Wisconsin Oshkosh has finished checking some old stone tools linked to Native American tribes from Michigan. These items, found at a historic site, are ready to be returned to the right tribes starting April 17, 2025. This means the university is helping honor Native American heritage by giving back important cultural objects.

## Abstract

In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh (UWO) has completed an inventory of associated funerary objects and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the associated funerary objects and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.

## Effects PRIA read

- Seven stone funerary objects tied to Menominee: benefit, low. The University of Wisconsin Oshkosh identified seven chipped-stone biface fragments as associated funerary objects from the Riverside Site (20-ME-0001). UWO determined these seven objects are reasonably connected to the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin.
- Repatriation available beginning April 17, 2025: benefit, low. Repatriation of the seven associated funerary objects may occur on or after April 17, 2025. Repatriation requests may be submitted by any one or more of the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations identified in the notice, or by a lineal descendant or other tribe/organization that shows, by…

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## Sources
- [2025-04361 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/03/18/2025-04361/notice-of-inventory-completion-university-of-wisconsin-oshkosh-oshkosh-wi)
- [2025-04361 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-03-18/pdf/2025-04361.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-04361 (as of 2026-09-30).