90 FR 88 pgs. 19526-19527 - Notice of Inventory Completion: Kansas State Historical Society, Topeka, KS
Type: NOTICEVolume: 90Number: 88Pages: 19526 - 19527
Pages: 19526, 19527Docket number: [NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0040067; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
FR document: [FR Doc. 2025-08048 Filed 5-7-25; 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-NPS0040067; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Kansas State Historical Society, Topeka, KS
AGENCY:
National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION:
Notice.
SUMMARY:
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 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 June 9, 2025.
ADDRESSES:
Dr. Nicole Klarmann, Kansas State Historical Society, 6425 SW 6th Avenue, Topeka, KS 66615-1099, telephone (785) 272-8681, 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 representing, at least, two individuals have been identified from the Taylor Mound site (14DP3) in Doniphan County, KS (UBS 1991-44). The one associated funerary object is a deer tooth. The site sits on a bluff near the Kansas River. An individual excavated part of this site and transferred the remains and funerary object to KSHS in 1914. Future excavations and research by KSU involved radiocarbon dating on charcoal and burned wood and the site was found to be associated with the Middle Woodland period with an average time period of 100 CE. Pottery was also found that showed continued usage of the site into the late prehistoric period (Central Plains Tradition), 1100-1350 CE. To our knowledge, no known hazardous substances were used to treat any of the human remains or associated funerary objects.
Through Tribal consultation, this individual was identified as culturally affiliated with the Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska and Kaw Nation, Oklahoma, based off the following types of information: expert opinion, geographical information, historical information, and oral tradition.
Cultural Affiliation
Based on the information available and the results of consultation, cultural affiliation is clearly identified by the information available about the human remains and associated funerary object 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 one object described in this notice is 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 reasonable connection between the human remains and associated funerary object described in this notice and the Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska and the Kaw Nation, Oklahoma.
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.
[top] Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects described in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after June 9, 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
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, 25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.10.
Dated: April 22, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-08048 Filed 5-7-25; 8:45 am]
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