[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 146 (Tuesday, July 30, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61137-61138]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-16700]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038344; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: Kansas State University, 
Manhattan, 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), Kansas State University 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 August 29, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Megan Williamson, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and 
Social Work, Kansas State University, 204 Waters Hall, 1603 Old Claflin 
Place, Manhattan, KS 66506-4003, telephone (785) 532-6005, email 
[email protected].

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 Kansas 
State University, 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, two individuals have been 
identified. There are 2,002 associated funerary objects present. The 
associated funerary objects include ceramics, chipped and ground stone 
tools, numerous pieces of chipped stone debris, unmodified stone, five 
pieces of modified animal bone, unmodified animal bone and teeth, 
fragments of mussel shell, one piece of daub, one charcoal sample, and 
20 items of non-native manufacture (e.g., Euro-American ceramics, 
glass, lamp parts and other metal).
    The Leary site located in Richardson County, Nebraska on the bounds 
of the reservation of the Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska. The Leary 
assemblage housed at Kansas State University is believed to be a day 
long surface collection from a field school in June of 1968 under the 
lead of Dr. Patricia O'Brien of Kansas State University. The assemblage 
also includes artifacts collected and donated by Dr. Dale Henning to 
Kansas State University in 2002.

Cultural Affiliation

    Based on the information available and the results of consultation, 
cultural affiliation is reasonably identified by geographic location or 
acquisition history of the human remains and associated funerary 
objects described in the notice.

Determinations

    Kansas State University has determined that:
     The human remains described in this notice represent the 
physical remains of two individuals of Native American ancestry.
     The 2,002 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.

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     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 August 
29, 2024. If competing requests for repatriation are received, Kansas 
State University 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. Kansas State University 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: July 17, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-16700 Filed 7-29-24; 8:45 am]
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