Notice2025-15674
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 has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains 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]
[Page 40078]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-15674]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[N6449; NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0040859; 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 has determined that there is a cultural
affiliation between the human remains and Indian Tribes or Native
Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains in this notice may occur on or
after September 17, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Send written requests for repatriation of the human remains
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#5f2b722b302d323e1f342a713a3b2a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="5f2b722b302d323e1f342a713a3b2a">[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 nine individuals have been
identified. No associated funerary objects are present. These
individuals were excavated from the Woodruff Ossuary Site (14PH4)
located in Phillips County, Kansas. This site was excavated in 1946 by
Marvin Kivett as part of the River Basin Surveys by the Smithsonian
Institute in preparation for the development of Harlan County Reservoir
in Nebraska. The donor and exact date of acquisition by the University
of Kansas are unknown. Based on records, this site is affiliated with
the Keith Phase of the Late Woodland with a single radiocarbon date of
694<plus-minus>240 CE. There is no record of toxic substances having
been used to treat these remains.
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 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 nine individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> There is a connection between the human remains described
in this notice and the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe of the Cheyenne River
Reservation, South Dakota; Kaw Nation, Oklahoma; and the Pawnee Nation
of Oklahoma.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the human remainsin 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 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 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. 2025-15674 Filed 8-15-25; 8:45 am]
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