Opportunity
Federal Register #2026-21559
NAGPRA repatriation notices for funerary objects and cultural items
Posted
October 22, 2026
Identifier
2026-21559
The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee notice concerns repatriation of cultural items under NAGPRA, not a purchase or contract opportunity. - Government buyer and notice: University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; notice issued by the National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior. - Primary notice: One lot of unassociated funerary objects from the Fisher site in Will County, Illinois, culturally affiliated with the Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin. The lot contains faunal bone, shell, lithics, pottery, ochre, sediment samples, and fossils. - Other notices represented in the attachment: It also includes a Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) notice concerning 11 kapa cultural items affiliated with Hui Iwi Kuamoo, and the beginning of an Indiana University inventory notice. The Indiana inventory lists associated funerary-object lots from several sites; these are included in the line items below. - Procurement status: No goods or services are being solicited for purchase. No OEMs, vendors, part numbers, contract value, or period of performance are identified.
Description
The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee intends to repatriate one lot of unassociated funerary objects under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA). The objects include faunal bone, shell, lithics, pottery, ochre, sediment samples, and fossils, removed from the Fisher site in Will County, Illinois, circa 1946–1950. The University determined that the cultural items are connected with the Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin. Repatriation may occur on or after November 23, 2026.