Notice2023-21389
Notice of Inventory Completion Amendment: Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS
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Published
September 29, 2023
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), Kansas State University has amended a Notice of Inventory Completion published in the Federal Register on September 11, 2006. This notice amends the minimum number of individuals.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 188 (Friday, September 29, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 67354]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-21389]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0036674; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion Amendment: Kansas State
University, Manhattan, KS
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice; amendment.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), Kansas State University has amended a Notice
of Inventory Completion published in the Federal Register on September
11, 2006. This notice amends the minimum number of individuals.
DATES: Disposition of the human remains in this notice may occur on or
after October 30, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Megan Williamson, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and
Social Work, Kansas State University, 204 Waters Hall, 1603 Old Claflin
Place, Manhattan, KS 66506-4003, telephone (785) 532-6005, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#7419031d18181d1545341f07015a111001"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="117c66787d7d787020517a62643f747564">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice is published as part of the
National Park Service's administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA.
The determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of Kansas
State University. The National Park Service is not responsible for the
determinations in this notice. Additional information on the amendments
and determinations in this notice, including the results of
consultation, can be found in the inventory or related records held by
Kansas State University.
Amendment
This notice amends the determinations published in a Notice of
Inventory Completion in the Federal Register (71 FR 53467-53468,
September 11, 2006) by increasing the minimum number of individuals
(MNI) listed in the previous notice from four to six. Disposition of
the items in the original Notice of Inventory Completion has not
occurred.
From site 14MP463, in McPherson County, KS, four individuals were
removed (previously identified as two). No associated funerary objects
are present.
Determinations (as Amended)
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes, Kansas State
University has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains represent the physical remains of six
individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> No relationship of shared group identity can be reasonably
traced between the human remains and associated funerary objects and
any Indian Tribe.
<bullet> The human remains and associated funerary objects were
removed from the aboriginal land of the Wichita and Affiliated Tribes
(Wichita, Keechi, Waco, & Tawakonie), Oklahoma.
Requests for Disposition
Written requests for disposition of the human remains in this
notice must be sent to the Responsible Official identified in
ADDRESSES. Requests for disposition may be submitted by:
1. Any one or more of the Indian Tribes identified in this notice.
2. Any lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian
organization not identified in this notice who shows, by a
preponderance of the evidence, that the requestor is a lineal
descendant or a culturally affiliated Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization, or who shows that the requestor is an aboriginal land
Indian Tribe.
Disposition of the human remains in this notice to a requestor may
occur on or after October 30, 2023. If competing requests for
disposition are received, Kansas State University must determine the
most appropriate requestor prior to disposition. Requests for joint
disposition of the human remains are considered a single request and
not competing requests. Kansas State University is responsible for
sending a copy of this notice to the Indian Tribes identified in this
notice.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.9, 10.11,
and 10.13.
Dated: September 25, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-21389 Filed 9-28-23; 8:45 am]
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