Notice2023-26615
Notice of Inventory Completion: The University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
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Published
December 5, 2023
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the University of Kansas has completed an inventory of human remains and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The human remains were removed from Geary, Riley, Pottawatomie, Wabaunsee, Shawnee, Jefferson, Douglas, Leavenworth, Johnson, and Wyandotte Counties, KS.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 232 (Tuesday, December 5, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 84357-84358]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-26615]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037010; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: The University of Kansas,
Lawrence, KS
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the University of Kansas has completed an
inventory of human remains and has determined that there is a cultural
affiliation between the human remains and Indian Tribes or Native
Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The human remains were removed
from Geary, Riley, Pottawatomie, Wabaunsee, Shawnee, Jefferson,
Douglas, Leavenworth, Johnson, and Wyandotte Counties, KS.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains in this notice may occur on or
after January 4, 2024.
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ADDRESSES: Dr. Thomas Torma, NAGPRA Program Manager, The University of
Kansas, Office of Audit, Risk & Compliance, 1450 Jayhawk Boulevard, 351
Strong Hall, Lawrence, KS 66045, telephone (406) 850-2220, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#4f3b623b203d222e0f243a612a2b3a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="bfcb92cbd0cdd2deffd4ca91dadbca">[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 the
University of Kansas. The National Park Service is not responsible for
the determinations in this notice. Additional information on the
determinations in this notice, including the results of consultation,
can be found in the inventory or related records held by the University
of Kansas
Description
Human remains representing, at minimum, 103 individuals were
removed from Geary, Riley, Pottawatomie, Wabaunsee, Shawnee, Jefferson,
Douglas, Leavenworth, Johnson, and Wyandotte Counties, KS. These human
remains were removed from the banks and gravel bars of the Kansas River
by amateurs who collected paleontological resources and apparently did
not recognize the remains as human. In 1991, in response to the passage
of NAGPRA, the University conducted a review of this collection. During
that review, one individual was identified and transferred to the
campus's Museum of Anthropology. In 1996, the University of Kansas
conducted a review of the Natural History collection, and human remains
of the additional individuals were transferred to the University's
Museum of Anthropology. In 2002, the Museum of Anthropology was closed,
and, in 2006, the archaeology collection which included the human
remains was transferred to the Biodiversity Institute. No associated
funerary objects are present.
Cultural Affiliation
The human remains in this notice are connected to one or more
identifiable earlier groups, tribes, peoples, or cultures. There is a
relationship of shared group identity between the identifiable earlier
groups, tribes, peoples, or cultures and one or more Indian Tribes or
Native Hawaiian organizations. The following types of information were
used to reasonably trace the relationship: anthropological,
geographical, and historical.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, the University of Kansas has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of 103 individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> There is a relationship of shared group identity that can
be reasonably traced between the human remains described in this notice
and the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes, Oklahoma; Citizen Potawatomi
Nation, Oklahoma; Delaware Tribe of Indians; Kaw Nation, Oklahoma; Nez
Perce Tribe; Oglala Sioux Tribe; Omaha Tribe of Nebraska; Otoe-
Missouria Tribe of Indians, Oklahoma; Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma;
Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation; Sac & Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas
and Nebraska; Sac & Fox Nation, Oklahoma; Sac & Fox Tribe of the
Mississippi in Iowa; The Osage Nation; and the Wichita and Affiliated
Tribes (Wichita, Keechi, Waco, & Tawakonie), Oklahoma.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the human remains in this
notice must be sent to the Responsible Official identified in
ADDRESSES. Requests for repatriation may be submitted by:
1. Any one or more of the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations 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.
Repatriation of the human remains in this notice to a requestor may
occur on or after January 4, 2024. If competing requests for
repatriation are received, the University of Kansas must determine the
most appropriate requestor prior to repatriation. Requests for joint
repatriation of the human remains are considered a single request and
not competing requests. The University of Kansas 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, 10.10,
and 10.14.
Dated: November 28, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-26615 Filed 12-4-23; 8:45 am]
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