Notice2024-21541
Notice of Inventory Completion: Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS
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Published
September 20, 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 has determined that there is no lineal descendant and no Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization with cultural affiliation.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 183 (Friday, September 20, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 77184-77185]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-21541]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038738; 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 has determined that there is no lineal
descendant and no Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization with
cultural affiliation.
DATES: Upon request, repatriation of the human remains in this notice
may occur on or after October 21, 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
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#214c56484d4d484010614a52540f444554"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="600d17090c0c090151200b13154e050415">[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, and additional information on the determinations in
this notice, including the results of consultation, can be found in its
inventory or related records. The National Park Service is not
responsible for the determinations in this notice.
Abstract of Information Available
Human remains representing, at least, one individual has been
identified. There are no associated funerary objects present. The
nearly complete male calvarium was transferred to Kansas State
University Sociology, Anthropology and Social Work-Osteology Lab from
Kansas State University Division of Biology in 1999, after being
identified as possibly Native American. No prior history or provenience
known.
Human remains representing, at least, one individual has been
identified.
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There are no associated funerary objects present. The female calvarium
was transferred to Kansas State University Sociology, Anthropology and
Social Work- Osteology Lab from Kansas State University Division of
Biology in 1999, after being identified as possibly Native American. No
prior history or provenience known.
Human remains representing, at least, one individual has been
identified. There are no associated funerary objects present.
Assemblage consists of fragmented remains including 48 skull fragments
and one long bone. Adult male of unknown age. Remains show signs of
cremation. Human skeletal fragments that were on display at in small
museum display in Fairchild Hall, Kansas State University Manhattan
Campus. The museum display and assemblage predate the Anthropology
program at the university. No other information is known.
Human remains representing, at least, one individual has been
identified. This assemblage of fragmented remains including one distal
phalanx of an adult of indeterminate sex. Skeletal fragments that were
on display at in small museum display in Fairchild Hall, Kansas State
University Manhattan Campus. The museum display and assemblage predate
the Anthropology program at the university and have a note stating,
`Fort Riley Area'. No other information is known.
Lastly, human remains representing, at least, one individual has
been identified. The fragmentary pieces represent one male
approximately 45-55 years old and were transferred to Kansas State
University in the early 1970s. No known provenience or known background
other than a note stating, `James Starr mound' and an osteological
analysis form stating, `James Starr Mound Grave 10 and cremation'. This
is not associated with James Starr Mound in Illinois as the Illinois
state archive was contacted and no professional excavations have ever
been done at the mounds. No associated funerary objects accompany these
remains.
Consultation
Invitations to consult were sent to the Cheyenne and Arapaho
Tribes, Oklahoma, Citizen Potawatomi Nation, Oklahoma; Iowa Tribe of
Kansas and Nebraska; Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma; Kaw Nation, Oklahoma;
Kickapoo Tribe of Indians of the Kickapoo Reservation in Kansas; Omaha
Tribe of Nebraska; Otoe-Missouria Tribe of Indians, Oklahoma; Pawnee
Nation of Oklahoma; Ponca Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; Ponca Tribe of
Nebraska; Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation; The Osage Nation; and the
Wichita and Affiliated Tribes (Wichita, Keechi, Waco & Tawakonie),
Oklahoma. In attendance were the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes, Oklahoma;
Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska; Ponca Tribe of Nebraska; Prairie
Band Potawatomi Nation; and The Osage Nation.
Cultural Affiliation
The following types of information about the cultural affiliation
of the human remains in this notice are available: geographical. The
information, including the results of consultation, identified no
Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization connected to the human
remains.
Determinations
The Kansas State University has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of five individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> No known lineal descendant who can trace ancestry to the
human remains in this notice has been identified.
<bullet> No Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization with
cultural affiliation to the human remains in this notice has been
clearly or reasonably identified.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the human remains in this
notice must be sent to the authorized representative identified in this
notice under ADDRESSES. Requests for repatriation may be submitted by
any lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization
who shows, by a preponderance of the evidence, that the requestor is a
lineal descendant or an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization
with cultural affiliation.
Upon request, repatriation of the human remains described in this
notice may occur on or after October 21, 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 are considered a single request
and not competing requests. Kansas State University is responsible for
sending a copy of this notice to any consulting lineal descendant,
Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.10.
Dated: September 12, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-21541 Filed 9-19-24; 8:45 am]
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