Notice2025-22893
Notice of Inventory Completion: The University of Kansas, Lawrence, 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 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 239 (Tuesday, December 16, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58295-58296]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-22893]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[N6619; NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0041349; 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 January 15, 2026.
ADDRESSES: Send written requests for repatriation of the human remains
in this notice to Dr. Thomas Torma, The University of Kansas, Office of
Audit Risk and Compliance, 1450 Jayhawk Blvd., 351 Strong Hall,
Lawrence, KS 66045, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#80f4adf4eff2ede1c0ebf5aee5e4f5"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a7d38ad3c8d5cac6e7ccd289c2c3d2">[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, one individual have been
identified. No associated funerary objects are present. Museum records
indicate that the ancestor was collected from a woodrat's nest in
Granite County, MT, and accessioned into the paleontology collection at
the Biodiversity Institute. In 1996, the Biodiversity Institute &
Natural History Museum transferred
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custody of this collection to the Museum of Anthropology. The Museum of
Anthropology was closed in 2002 and the collection then was transferred
back to the Biodiversity Institute & Natural History Museum.
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 one individual of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> There is a connection between the human remains described
in this notice and the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the
Flathead Reservation and the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the Fort Hall
Reservation.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the human remains 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 described in this notice to a
requestor may occur on or after January 15, 2026. 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: November 17, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-22893 Filed 12-15-25; 8:45 am]
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