[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 183 (Friday, September 20, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 77184-77185]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-21541]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038738; 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 has determined that there is no lineal 
descendant and no Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization with 
cultural affiliation.

DATES: Upon request, repatriation of the human remains in this notice 
may occur on or after October 21, 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, one individual has been 
identified. There are no associated funerary objects present. The 
nearly complete male calvarium was transferred to Kansas State 
University Sociology, Anthropology and Social Work-Osteology Lab from 
Kansas State University Division of Biology in 1999, after being 
identified as possibly Native American. No prior history or provenience 
known.
    Human remains representing, at least, one individual has been 
identified.

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There are no associated funerary objects present. The female calvarium 
was transferred to Kansas State University Sociology, Anthropology and 
Social Work- Osteology Lab from Kansas State University Division of 
Biology in 1999, after being identified as possibly Native American. No 
prior history or provenience known.
    Human remains representing, at least, one individual has been 
identified. There are no associated funerary objects present. 
Assemblage consists of fragmented remains including 48 skull fragments 
and one long bone. Adult male of unknown age. Remains show signs of 
cremation. Human skeletal fragments that were on display at in small 
museum display in Fairchild Hall, Kansas State University Manhattan 
Campus. The museum display and assemblage predate the Anthropology 
program at the university. No other information is known.
    Human remains representing, at least, one individual has been 
identified. This assemblage of fragmented remains including one distal 
phalanx of an adult of indeterminate sex. Skeletal fragments that were 
on display at in small museum display in Fairchild Hall, Kansas State 
University Manhattan Campus. The museum display and assemblage predate 
the Anthropology program at the university and have a note stating, 
`Fort Riley Area'. No other information is known.
    Lastly, human remains representing, at least, one individual has 
been identified. The fragmentary pieces represent one male 
approximately 45-55 years old and were transferred to Kansas State 
University in the early 1970s. No known provenience or known background 
other than a note stating, `James Starr mound' and an osteological 
analysis form stating, `James Starr Mound Grave 10 and cremation'. This 
is not associated with James Starr Mound in Illinois as the Illinois 
state archive was contacted and no professional excavations have ever 
been done at the mounds. No associated funerary objects accompany these 
remains.

Consultation

    Invitations to consult were sent to the Cheyenne and Arapaho 
Tribes, Oklahoma, Citizen Potawatomi Nation, Oklahoma; Iowa Tribe of 
Kansas and Nebraska; Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma; Kaw Nation, Oklahoma; 
Kickapoo Tribe of Indians of the Kickapoo Reservation in Kansas; Omaha 
Tribe of Nebraska; Otoe-Missouria Tribe of Indians, Oklahoma; Pawnee 
Nation of Oklahoma; Ponca Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; Ponca Tribe of 
Nebraska; Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation; The Osage Nation; and the 
Wichita and Affiliated Tribes (Wichita, Keechi, Waco & Tawakonie), 
Oklahoma. In attendance were the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes, Oklahoma; 
Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska; Ponca Tribe of Nebraska; Prairie 
Band Potawatomi Nation; and The Osage Nation.

Cultural Affiliation

    The following types of information about the cultural affiliation 
of the human remains in this notice are available: geographical. The 
information, including the results of consultation, identified no 
Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization connected to the human 
remains.

Determinations

    The Kansas State University has determined that:
     The human remains described in this notice represent the 
physical remains of five individuals of Native American ancestry.
     No known lineal descendant who can trace ancestry to the 
human remains in this notice has been identified.
     No Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization with 
cultural affiliation to the human remains in this notice has been 
clearly or reasonably identified.

Requests for Repatriation

    Written requests for repatriation of the human remains in this 
notice must be sent to the authorized representative identified in this 
notice under ADDRESSES. Requests for repatriation may be submitted by 
any lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization 
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.
    Upon request, repatriation of the human remains described in this 
notice may occur on or after October 21, 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 are considered a single request 
and not competing requests. Kansas State University is responsible for 
sending a copy of this notice to any consulting lineal descendant, 
Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization.
    Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, 
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.10.

    Dated: September 12, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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