90 FR 130 pgs. 30673-30674 - Notice of Inventory Completion: Kansas State Historical Society, Topeka, KS
Type: NOTICEVolume: 90Number: 130Pages: 30673 - 30674
Pages: 30673, 30674Docket number: [NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0040486; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
FR document: [FR Doc. 2025-12841 Filed 7-9-25; 8:45 am]
Agency: Interior Department
Sub Agency: National Park Service
Official PDF Version: PDF Version
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0040486; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Kansas State Historical Society, Topeka, KS
AGENCY:
National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION:
Notice.
SUMMARY:
[top] 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
DATES:
Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects in this notice may occur on or after August 11, 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 kshs.nagpra@ks.gov.
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 were formerly repatriated from site 14RW305 in Rawlins County, KS, therefore, this record is for 15 associated funerary objects (UBS 1990-22), which includes debitage and ground stone. Human remains and associated funerary objects were given to KSHS in 1912, reportedly from the historic Sappa Creek Massacre site or an adjacent Great Bend aspect site.
Human remains representing, at least, two individuals were removed from site 14OB306 in Osborne County, KS (UBS 1991-03). The 182 associated funerary objects include shell beads, a metal axe, a hoe blade, shells, a bone knife handle, catlinite pipes, pipe stem, bone spoon handle, fossils, and metal fragments. The remains and objects were removed by the landowner in 1935 after being exposed by flooding.
To our knowledge, no known hazardous substances were used to treat the human remains or 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:
• The human remains described in this notice represent the physical remains of two individuals of Native American ancestry.
• The 197 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.
• There is a connection between the human remains and associated funerary objects described in this notice and the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes, Oklahoma and the Northern Arapaho Tribe of the Wind River Reservation, Wyoming.
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 August 11, 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.
Authority : Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, 25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.10.
Dated: June 25, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-12841 Filed 7-9-25; 8:45 am]
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