Notice2025-14154
Notice of Inventory Completion: The University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
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Published
July 28, 2025
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 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 142 (Monday, July 28, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35541-35542]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-14154]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[N6321; NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0040509; 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 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 27, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Send written requests for repatriation of the human remains
and associated funerary objects in this notice to Dr. Thomas Torma, The
University of Kansas, Office of Audit, Risk, and Compliance, 1450
Jayhawk Boulevard, 351 Strong Hall, Lawrence, KS 66045, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#eb9fc69f8499868aab809ec58e8f9e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="80f4adf4eff2ede1c0ebf5aee5e4f5">[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, 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 five individuals have been
identified. The three associated funerary objects are one point, one
bone awl, and one lot of split long bone. These individuals and
belongings from 14GL401 were uncovered during the construction of a gas
pipeline in April 1961. They were donated to the University of Kansas
by a Mr. Jerome Bussen.
Human remains representing at least two individuals have been
identified. No associated funerary objects are present. In August 1952
the individuals were collected from an unspecified site near Atwood,
Kansas in Rawlins County by K.L. Walters and donated to the University
of Kansas in 1952.
Human remains representing at least two individuals have been
identified. No associated funerary objects are present. These
individuals were donated to the University of Kansas in 1953 by the
Garden City Police Department after they were discovered in an
unspecified location north of Garden City, Kansas in present day Finney
County.
Human remains representing at least two individuals have been
identified. No associated funerary objects are present. There are no
accession records for these individuals. However, the remains included
a Physical Evidence Custody Receipt signed by a representative of the
Kansas Bureau of Investigation which indicates that the remains come
from Gray County, KS.
Human remains representing at least two individuals have been
identified. No associated funerary objects are present. These
individuals were donated to the University of Kansas on April 17, 1958,
by the Code H. Hall, Sheriff of Stevens County after they were
discovered near the Cimmaron River on April 12, 1958.
Cultural Affiliation
Based on the information available and the results of consultation,
cultural
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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 University of Kansas has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of 13 individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The three 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 Cheyenne
and Arapaho Tribes, Oklahoma; Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe of the
Cheyenne River Reservation, South Dakota; and the Northern Arapaho
Tribe of the Wind River Reservation, Wyoming.
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
27, 2025. 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 and associated funerary objects 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 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: July 1, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-14154 Filed 7-25-25; 8:45 am]
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