UW-Milwaukee Ready to Repatriate Native American Remains and Artifacts
Published Date: 4/18/2025
Notice
Summary
The University of Wisconsin Milwaukee has finished checking its collection of Native American human remains and artifacts, linking them to local tribes. Starting May 19, 2025, these remains and items can be returned to the tribes. This is a respectful step to honor Native American heritage with no cost impact to the public.
Analyzed Economic Effects
3 provisions identified: 3 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
31 Native American Remains Identified
The University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee completed an inventory and determined the physical remains of 31 Native American individuals and 18 associated funerary objects were removed from the Pipe Site Complex (Fond du Lac County, WI) on occasions between 1958 and 1997. UWM determined these remains and objects are culturally affiliated with the Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin; Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska; Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma; Match-e-be-nash-she-wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians of Michigan; Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin; Otoe-Missouria Tribe of Indians, Oklahoma; and the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska.
Repatriation Eligible Starting May 19, 2025
Repatriation of the identified human remains and 18 associated funerary objects may occur on or after May 19, 2025. Requests for repatriation may be submitted by any one or more of the Indian Tribes named in this notice, or by a lineal descendant or other Indian Tribe/Native Hawaiian organization that proves cultural affiliation by a preponderance of the evidence; UWM must resolve competing requests before repatriation.
No Cost Impact to the Public
The notice states this repatriation action is a respectful step to honor Native American heritage and has no cost impact to the public.
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