Notice2025-15671
Notice of Inventory Completion: The University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
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Published
August 18, 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 157 (Monday, August 18, 2025)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-15671]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[N6451; NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0040861; 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 September 17, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Send written requests for repatriation of the human remains
and associated funerary objects in this notice to Dr. Thomas Torma,
Repatriation Program Manager, 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#c3b7eeb7acb1aea283a8b6eda6a7b6"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="cfbbe2bba0bda2ae8fa4bae1aaabba">[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, two individuals have been
identified from two sites in northern Kansas. The two associated
funerary objects include lots of artifacts.
The Hartzell Mound Site (14CY31) is located in Clay County, Kansas.
Human remains representing, at least one individual has been
identified. The one associated funerary object includes one lot of
artifacts. This site was excavated in 1925 by Floyd Schultz, who
donated his collection to the University of Kansas in 1948.
The D.B. Heath Site #9 (14GE106) is located in Geary County,
Kansas. Human remains representing, at least, one individual has been
identified. The one associated funerary object includes one lot of
artifacts. This site was excavated by Dwight Heath, likely in 1954, and
the human remains and associated objects were later donated to the
University of Kansas.
No toxic substances are known to have been used in the treatment of
these items.
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 University of Kansas has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of at least two individuals of Native American
ancestry.
<bullet> The two 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 Kaw
Nation, Oklahoma; Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma; and The Osage Nation.
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 September
17, 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: August 6, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-15671 Filed 8-15-25; 8:45 am]
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