Wisconsin Uni Lists 26 Ancestral Remains for Return
Published Date: 10/8/2026
Notice
Summary
The University of Wisconsin Oshkosh has finished listing 26 Native American human remains and burial items found at two sites in Winnebago County, WI. These remains are linked to local tribes, and they can be returned starting November 9, 2026. If you want to request the return, contact the university soon—this is a respectful step toward honoring Native heritage.
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26 Native American Remains Identified
The University of Wisconsin Oshkosh completed an inventory that identifies the physical remains of 26 Native American individuals removed from the Karow (47-WN-0057/BWN-0191) and Cowling Cemetery (47-WN-0198/BWN-0157) sites in Winnebago County, Wisconsin, along with 284 associated funerary objects. Repatriation of these remains and objects may occur on or after November 9, 2026; written requests must be sent to Adrienne Frie, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, 800 Algoma Blvd., Oshkosh, WI 54901, or by email to the address listed in the notice.
Tribes Named as Culturally Affiliated
The University determined there is a reasonable connection between the human remains and associated funerary objects and the following Tribes: Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Indian Reservation (Montana); Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians (Wisconsin); Bay Mills Indian Community (Michigan); Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe (South Dakota); Chippewa Cree Indians of the Rocky Boy's Reservation (Montana); Citizen Potawatomi Nation (Oklahoma); Crow Creek Sioux Tribe (South Dakota); Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe (South Dakota); Forest County Potawatomi Community (Wisconsin); Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians (Michigan); Hannahville Indian Community (Michigan); Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin; Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska; Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma; Keweenaw Bay Indian Community (Michigan); Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas; Kickapoo Tribe of Indians of the Kickapoo Reservation in Kansas; Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma; Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians (Wisconsin); Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians (Wisconsin); Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians (Michigan); Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians of Montana; Lower Brule Sioux Tribe (South Dakota); Lower Sioux Indian Community (Minnesota); Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi; Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin; Miami Tribe of Oklahoma; Minnesota Chippewa Tribe (Bois Forte, Fond du Lac, Grand Portage, Leech Lake, Mille Lacs, White Earth); Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi (Michigan); Oglala Sioux Tribe; Otoe-Missouria Tribe (Oklahoma); Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians (Michigan and Indiana); Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation; Prairie Island Indian Community (Minnesota); Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians (Wisconsin); Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians (Minnesota); Rosebud Sioux Tribe (South Dakota); Sac & Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska; Sac & Fox Nation (Oklahoma); Sac & Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa; Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe (Michigan); Santee Sioux Nation (Nebraska); Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians (Michigan); Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community (Minnesota); Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate (South Dakota); Sokaogon Chippewa Community (Wisconsin); Spirit Lake Tribe (North Dakota); St. Croix Chippewa Indians (Wisconsin); Standing Rock Sioux Tribe (North & South Dakota); Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians (North Dakota); Upper Sioux Community (Minnesota); Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska; and the Yankton Sioux Tribe (South Dakota).
Who May Request Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation may be submitted by (1) any one or more of the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations identified in the notice, or (2) any lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization not identified in the notice that shows by a preponderance of the evidence that the requester is a lineal descendant or a culturally affiliated Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization. Repatriation may occur on or after November 9, 2026.
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