Notice2025-13383
Notice of Inventory Completion: Kansas State Historical Society, Topeka, KS
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Published
July 17, 2025
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Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Kansas State Historical Society (KSHS) 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 90, Number 135 (Thursday, July 17, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33393-33394]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-13383]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[N6337; NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0040526; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Kansas State Historical Society,
Topeka, 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 Kansas State Historical Society (KSHS)
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 August 18, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Send written requests for repatriation of the human remains
and associated funerary objects in this notice to Dr. Nicole Klarmann,
Kansas State Historical Society, 6425 SW 6th Avenue, Topeka, KS 66615-
1099, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#f299819a81dc9c9395828093b29981dc959d84"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="1b7068736835757a7c6b697a5b7068357c746d">[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
KSHS, 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 have been
identified from site 14SC301 in Scott County, KS (UBS 1990-05). No
associated funerary objects are present. These human remains are
believed to be from a Cuartelejo Apache individual and were excavated
from Scott State Park in 1951.
Human remains representing, at least, one individual have been
identified from site 14SC405 in Scott County, KS (UBS 1991-69). The
five associated funerary objects include a bone bead, chipped stone
bifaces, a turtle shell, and a mollusk shell. This site was excavated
very near or within Lake Scott State Park by KSHS in 1975.
Human remains representing, at least, one individual have been
identified from the El Cuartelejo Pueblo (14SC1) in Scott County, KS
(UBS 2010-09). No associated funerary objects are present. This site
has been extensively excavated and collected from since the 1890's. A
professor at the University of Iowa found a human tooth in the KSHS
collections.
Human remains representing, at least, one individual have been
identified from site 14SC409 in Scott County, KS (UBS 2014-02). No
associated funerary objects are present. Remains from this excavation
were left in place, however, this record is for the soil probe testing
that was completed.
Human remains representing, at least, one individual have been
identified from either Lane or Scott County, KS (UBS 2005-10). No
associated funerary objects are present. These remains have limited
provenience but were kept by a family for some time and then given to
KSHS.
To our knowledge, no known hazardous substances were used to treat
any of the human remains or associated funerary objects.
Cultural Affiliation
Based on the information available and the results of consultation,
cultural affiliation is reasonably identified by the geographical
location or acquisition history of the human remains and associated
funerary objects described in this notice.
Determinations
The KSHS has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of five individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The five 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 connection between the human remains and
associated funerary objects described in this notice and the Jicarilla
Apache Nation, New Mexico
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and the Wichita and 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 an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization with
cultural affiliation.
Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects
described in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after August
18, 2025. If competing requests for repatriation are received, the KSHS
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. The KSHS is responsible for sending a copy of this notice to
the Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations identified in this
notice and any other consulting parties.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.10.
Dated: July 1, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-13383 Filed 7-16-25; 8:45 am]
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