Notice2023-27366
Notice of Inventory Completion: Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS
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Published
December 13, 2023
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), Kansas State University has completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects and has determined that there is no cultural affiliation between the human remains and associated funerary objects and any Indian Tribe. The human remains and associated funerary objects were removed from Geary County, KS.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 238 (Wednesday, December 13, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 86372-86373]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-27366]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037052; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Kansas State University,
Manhattan, 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), Kansas State University has completed an
inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects and has
determined that there is no cultural affiliation between the human
remains and associated funerary objects and any Indian Tribe. The human
remains and associated funerary objects were removed from Geary County,
KS.
DATES: Disposition of the human remains and associated funerary objects
in this notice may occur on or after January 12, 2024.
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
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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
determinations in this notice, including the results of consultation,
can be found in the inventory or related records held by Kansas State
University.
Description
Human remains representing, at minimum, two individuals were
removed from the Elliot site, 14GE303, in Geary County, KS. The Elliott
site was first excavated in the fall of 1970, by Dr. Patricia J.
O'Brien of Kansas State University. The area designated the Elliott
site is assigned a single site number, but it is not a continuous
debris scatter. Rather, it is comprised of several discrete clusters of
material culture that span the Early Plains Archaic through the Middle
Ceramic periods. Accordingly, each cluster has been assigned a separate
site number. Thus, in addition to the 14GE303 number, the following 12
additional State of Kansas archeological site numbers pertain to this
locality: 14GE310, 14GE311, 14GE312, 14GE313, 14GE322, 14GE401,
14GE625, 14GE626, 14GE627, 14GE628, 14GE629, and 14GE630. The human
remains and associated funerary objects listed in this notice come from
the cluster at the Elliott site designated 14GE312, which demonstrates
a Woodland-era affiliation. In 1971, 1972, and 1982, additional
excavations were conducted at 14GE312. The resulting assemblages were
processed and cataloged in the field and then removed to the
archaeology laboratory at Kansas State University for analysis,
reporting, and curation, where they have since remained. The 28
associated funerary objects are 19 bone beads (whole and fragmented),
eight animal bone fragments, and one bone tool.
Aboriginal Land
The human remains and associated funerary objects in this notice
were removed from known geographic locations. These locations are the
aboriginal lands of one or more Indian Tribes. The following
information was used to identify the aboriginal land: treaties.
Determinations
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 described in this notice represent the
physical remains of two individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The 28 objects described in this notice are reasonably
believed to have been placed with or near individual human remains at
the time of death or later as part of the death rite or ceremony.
<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
described in this notice were removed from the aboriginal land of the
Kaw Nation, Oklahoma; Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma; The Osage Nation;
Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, North Dakota;
and the Wichita and Affiliated Tribes (Wichita, Keechi, Waco, &
Tawakonie), Oklahoma.
Requests for Disposition
Written requests for disposition of the human remains and
associated funerary objects 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 and associated funerary objects
described in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after January
12, 2024. If competing requests for disposition are received, Kansas
State University must determine the most appropriate requestor prior to
disposition. Requests for joint
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disposition of the human remains and associated funerary objects 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 and
10.11.
Dated: December 6, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-27366 Filed 12-12-23; 8:45 am]
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