Notice2024-03574
Notice of Inventory Completion: Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS
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Published
February 22, 2024
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 a cultural affiliation between the human remains and associated funerary objects and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 36 (Thursday, February 22, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13366-13367]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-03574]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037407; 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 a cultural affiliation between the human
remains and associated funerary objects and Indian Tribes or Native
Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice may occur on or after March 25, 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, and additional information on the determinations in
this notice, including the results of consultation, can be found in the
inventory or related records. The National Park Service is not
responsible for the determinations in this notice.
Abstract of Information Available
Based on the information available, human remains representing, at
least, one individual has been reasonably identified. The 2,292
associated funerary objects are debitage (approximately 2,131
fragments), unmodified stone (66), chipped stone debris (24), chipped
stone tools (14), projectile points (seven), hematite (one), faunal
(17), shell (one), beads (two), red ochre (two), charcoal (16), daub
(10) and a bullet.
The human remains and associated funerary objects listed above were
removed from Geary County, KS, at a site known as Witt Mound 1
(14GE608). Dr. Patricia J. O'Brien and students excavated as part of an
archaeological field school during the summer of 1974. Since then, the
items have been under the stewardship of Kansas State University.
Cultural Affiliation
Based on the information available and the results of consultation,
cultural affiliation is reasonably identified by geographic location or
acquisition history.
Determinations
Kansas State University has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of one individual of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The 2,292 objects described in this notice are reasonably
believed to have been placed intentionally with or near individual
human remains at the time of death or later as part of the death rite
or ceremony.
<bullet> There is a reasonable connection between the human remains
and associated funerary objects described in this notice and 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
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Affiliated Tribes (Wichita, Keechi, Waco, & Tawakonie), Oklahoma.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the human remains and
associated funerary objects in this notice must be sent to the
authorized representative identified in this notice under 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 and associated funerary objects
in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after March 25, 2024. If
competing requests for repatriation are received, Kansas State
University must determine the most appropriate requestor prior to
repatriation. Requests for joint repatriation 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 and Native Hawaiian
organizations identified in this notice.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.10.
Dated: February 9, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-03574 Filed 2-21-24; 8:45 am]
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