Notice2025-17887
Notice of Inventory Completion: Kansas State Historical Society, Topeka, KS
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Published
September 16, 2025
Issuing agencies
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 177 (Tuesday, September 16, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44702-44703]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-17887]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[N6529; NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0041082; 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 October 16, 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#147f677c673a7a7573646675547f673a737b62"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="1a7169726934747b7d6a687b5a7169347d756c">[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 Brown County, KS (UBS 1990-14). The 44 associated
funerary objects are a copper strip, comb, rings, a bracelet, a chain,
beads, fabric, yarn, and limestone. Historic human remains were
uncovered during roadwork.
Human remains representing, at least, one individual have been
identified from Doniphan County, KS (UBS 1995-33). No associated
funerary objects are present. Human remains were found in the
collections of the Iowa and Sac and Fox Mission (Highland Mission).
Provenience information states that they were found in the vicinity of
the Highland Mission.
Human remains representing, at least, one individual have been
identified from the Guthrie site (14DP347) in Doniphan County, KS (UBS
1997-20). The 12 associated funerary objects include flakes, a metal
flake, stone and chips, and a cinder. The human remains and objects
were uncovered while bulldozing a hilltop for housing.
Human remains representing, at least, one individual have been
identified from site 14DP304 in Doniphan County, KS (UBS 2000-16). The
two associated funerary objects include debitage. The human remains
were found on or near a looted stone mound.
Human remains representing, at least, two individuals have been
identified from either Kansas or Nebraska (UBS 2019-02, UBS 1993-07).
No associated funerary objects are present. These remains are
potentially from the Leary site (14BN1336), however, the exact
provenience is uncertain.
To our knowledge, no known hazardous substances were used to treat
any of the human remains and 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 six individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The 58 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 Iowa Tribe
of Kansas and Nebraska.
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 October
16, 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.
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Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.10.
Dated: September 4, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-17887 Filed 9-15-25; 8:45 am]
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