Notice2025-22892
Notice of Inventory Completion: Kansas State Historical Society, Topeka, KS
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Published
December 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 associated funerary objects and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the associated funerary objects and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 239 (Tuesday, December 16, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58274-58275]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-22892]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[N6617; NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0041348; 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 associated funerary objects and has
determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the associated
funerary objects and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in
this notice.
DATES: Repatriation of the associated funerary objects in this notice
may occur on or after January 15, 2026.
ADDRESSES: Send written requests for repatriation of the 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#056e766d762b6b6462757764456e762b626a73"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="3358405b401d5d52544341527358401d545c45">[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
The 240 associated funerary objects from the Kohr site (14SA414) in
Saline County, KS (UBS 2025-08) are modified bone, chipped stone tools,
modified stone, ground stone tools, corn, shell and marine shell, non-
modified rock, pottery, a pipe blank, shell hoes, and a
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mud dauber nest. This site is surrounded by site 14SA1, also known as
the Salina Burial Pit/Whiteford-Price site, a Smoky Hill burial site,
which has remains and objects formerly repatriated to the Pawnee Nation
of Oklahoma. The Kohr site objects were removed predominately by the
Whitefords beginning in the 1930s and were given to KSHS in 1971. To
our knowledge, no hazardous substances were used to treat the
associated funerary objects.
Cultural Affiliation
Based on the information available and the results of consultation,
cultural affiliation is clearly identified by the information available
about the associated funerary objects described in this notice.
Determinations
The KSHS has determined that:
<bullet> The 240 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 associated funerary
objects described in this notice and the Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the 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 associated funerary objects described in this
notice to a requestor may occur on or after January 15, 2026. If
competing requests for repatriation are received, the KSHS must
determine the most appropriate requestor prior to repatriation.
Requests for joint repatriation of the 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: November 17, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-22892 Filed 12-15-25; 8:45 am]
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