Notice of Inventory Completion: The University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, 24658-24659 [2025-10593]
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Abstract of Information Available
Ancestral remains representing, at
least, six individuals have been
identified. The 10 associated funerary
objects are one lot of charcoal and
wood, three lots of lithic flakes, two lots
of debitage, one lot of lithic core, one lot
ochre, and two lots of faunal bone
fragments. The Erie River Site (20WN8)
is located off the shore of Lake Erie on
Lake Erie Metropark land in Michigan.
Amateur collector, William Karoly
collected material from the site during
the 1960’s and 1970’s and Ancestral
remains from the site in 1972. These
were donated to the UMMAA in 1972
which were accessioned #2837; this
accession is for the Ancestors at
UMMAA from burials 1–4. The
Ancestors are of an adult 40+ years
possible male, an adult with a possible
underlying infection, an adult possible
female, and an adolescent 12–18 years.
The site was excavated again in 1988 by
UMMAA as part of a phase II
archaeological investigation for the
development of the park. Ancestral
remains were found within Early Late
Woodland stratigraphy; these remains
were accessioned #1988–21. The
Ancestors are of a child 5–9 years, and
an infant 3–9 months. Dating for the site
is to the Early Late Woodland A.D. 500–
1100, based on diagnostic artifacts from
other areas of the site and stratigraphic
data.
The Huron-Clinton Metropolitan
Authority has no record of, nor do its
officials have any knowledge of, any
treatment of items with pesticides,
preservatives, or other substances that
represent a potential hazard to the
collection(s) or to persons handling the
collection(s).
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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 Ancestral remains and
associated funerary objects described in
this notice.
Determinations
The Huron-Clinton Metropolitan
Authority has determined that:
• The Ancestral remains described in
this notice represent the physical
remains of six individuals of Native
American ancestry.
• The 10 objects described in this
notice are reasonably believed to have
been placed intentionally with or near
individual Ancestral remains at the time
of death or later as part of the death rite
or ceremony.
• There is a connection between the
Ancestral remains and associated
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funerary objects described in this notice
and the Absentee Shawnee Tribe of
Indians of Oklahoma; Bad River Band of
the Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa
Indians of the Bad River Reservation,
Wisconsin; Bay Mills Indian
Community, Michigan; Chippewa Cree
Indians of the Rocky Boy’s Reservation,
Montana; Citizen Potawatomi Nation,
Oklahoma; Delaware Nation, Oklahoma;
Delaware Tribe of Indians; Eastern
Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma; Forest
County Potawatomi Community,
Wisconsin; Grand Traverse Band of
Ottawa and Chippewa Indians,
Michigan; Hannahville Indian
Community, Michigan; Keweenaw Bay
Indian Community, Michigan; Kickapoo
Traditional Tribe of Texas; Kickapoo
Tribe of Indians of the Kickapoo
Reservation in Kansas; Kickapoo Tribe
of Oklahoma; Lac Courte Oreilles Band
of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of
Wisconsin; Lac du Flambeau Band of
Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of the
Lac du Flambeau Reservation of
Wisconsin; Lac Vieux Desert Band of
Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of
Michigan; Little River Band of Ottawa
Indians, Michigan; Little Shell Tribe of
Chippewa Indians of Montana; Little
Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians,
Michigan; Match-e-be-nash-she-wish
Band of Pottawatomi Indians of
Michigan; Miami Tribe of Oklahoma;
Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota
(Six component reservations: Bois Forte
Band (Nett Lake); Fond du Lac Band;
Grand Portage Band; Leech Lake Band;
Mille Lacs Band; White Earth Band);
Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the
Potawatomi, Michigan; Ottawa Tribe of
Oklahoma; Peoria Tribe of Indians of
Oklahoma; Pokagon Band of
Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and
Indiana; Prairie Band Potawatomi
Nation; Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior
Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; Red
Lake Band of Chippewa Indians,
Minnesota; Sac & Fox Nation of
Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska; Sac &
Fox Nation, Oklahoma; Sac & Fox Tribe
of the Mississippi in Iowa; Saginaw
Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan;
Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa
Indians, Michigan; Seneca Nation of
Indians; Seneca-Cayuga Nation;
Shawnee Tribe; Sokaogon Chippewa
Community, Wisconsin; St. Croix
Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin;
Tonawanda Band of Seneca; Turtle
Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians of
North Dakota; and the Wyandotte
Nation.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the
Ancestral remains and associated
funerary objects in this notice must be
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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 Ancestral remains
and associated funerary objects
described in this notice to a requestor
may occur on or after July 11, 2025. If
competing requests for repatriation are
received, the Huron-Clinton
Metropolitan Authority must determine
the most appropriate requestor prior to
repatriation. Requests for joint
repatriation of the Ancestral remains
and associated funerary objects are
considered a single request and not
competing requests. The Huron-Clinton
Metropolitan Authority 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: May 28, 2025.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Notice of Inventory Completion: The
University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
In accordance with the Native
American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the
University of Kansas 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 July
11, 2025.
SUMMARY:
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Send written requests for
repatriation of the human remains and
associated funerary objects in this notice
to Dr. Thomas Torma, Repatriation
Program Manager, The University of
Kansas, Office of Audit, Risk, and
Compliance, 1450 Jayhawk Boulevard,
351 Strong Hall, Lawrence, KS 66045,
email t-torma@ku.edu.
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.
ADDRESSES:
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Abstract of Information Available
Human remains representing, at least,
four individuals have been identified.
The six associated funerary objects are
one lot of lithics, one lot of ceramics,
one lot of shell, one lot of bone and
antler, one lot of ochre, and one lot of
burnt earth. These ancestors and
associated funerary objects were
collected by Floyd Schultz, an amateur
archeologist, whose primary profession
was running a movie theatre in Clay
Center, Kansas. Between the years of
1918 and 1948, Schultz excavated
numerous sites in the Republican River
Valley, especially, but not exclusively,
within Clay and Geary Counties. He
donated his archeological collection to
the University of Kansas in 1948.
The four individuals in this notice
were from 14CY27 and 14CY40, were
excavated in July of 1925 by Floyd
Schultz, and donated to the University
in 1948. The two trinomials appear to
have consisted of two burials (located in
one mound), a second large mound, and
a small hearth located on a bluff
overlooking the Republican River.
Burials A and B, also called Mound A
and B respectively, (designated as site
14CY40) contained various lithic and
ceramic artifacts and human remains
(Mound A) and a single projectile point
and cranium fragment (Mound B). The
adjacent Mound C (designated as
14CY27) is better documented. Artifacts
and human remains were located
scattered throughout the mounds.
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
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associated funerary objects described in
this notice.
The University of Kansas has
determined that:
• The human remains described in
this notice represent the physical
remains of at least four individuals of
Native American ancestry.
• The six 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
Kaw Nation, Oklahoma; Northern
Arapaho Tribe of the Wind River
Reservation, Wyoming; and the Pawnee
Nation of Oklahoma.
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 July 11, 2025. 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 and associated funerary objects
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: May 28, 2025.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Notice of Intended Repatriation:
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture,
Santa Fe, NM
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
In accordance with the Native
American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
intends to repatriate certain cultural
items that meet the definition of sacred
objects and objects of cultural
patrimony and that have a cultural
affiliation with the Indian Tribes or
Native Hawaiian organizations in this
notice.
SUMMARY:
Repatriation of the cultural items
in this notice may occur on or after July
11, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Send additional, written
requests for repatriation of the cultural
items in this notice to Diana Sherman,
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture, 708
Old Cochiti Road, Santa Fe, NM 87507,
email diana.sherman@dca.nm.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 Museum of
Indian Arts and Culture, and additional
information on the determinations in
this notice, including the results of
consultation, can be found in the
summary or related records. The
National Park Service is not responsible
for the determinations in this notice.
DATES:
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Abstract of Information Available
A total of 92 lots of cultural items
have been requested for repatriation.
The 92 sacred objects/objects of cultural
patrimony are five lots of botanical/
vegetal material, 58 lots of ceramic
material, two lots of fauna material, 10
lots of groundstone material, 12 lots of
lithic material, two lots of mixed
materials, and three lots of beads/
ornaments cultural items have been
requested for repatriation. The cultural
items include lithic flakes and tools,
pottery sherds and partial vessels,
manos and metate fragments, animal
bone both worked and unmodified,
beads and ornamental objects, botanical
materials and soil or pollen, and historic
objects. This site, which has been dated
as a Pueblo II site within Santa Fe
County, NM, was excavated in 1952 by
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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 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 July 11, 2025.
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ADDRESSES: Send written requests for repatriation of the human remains
and associated funerary objects in this notice to Dr. Thomas Torma,
Repatriation Program Manager, The University of Kansas, Office of
Audit, Risk, and Compliance, 1450 Jayhawk Boulevard, 351 Strong Hall,
Lawrence, KS 66045, 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 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, four individuals have been
identified. The six associated funerary objects are one lot of lithics,
one lot of ceramics, one lot of shell, one lot of bone and antler, one
lot of ochre, and one lot of burnt earth. These ancestors and
associated funerary objects were collected by Floyd Schultz, an amateur
archeologist, whose primary profession was running a movie theatre in
Clay Center, Kansas. Between the years of 1918 and 1948, Schultz
excavated numerous sites in the Republican River Valley, especially,
but not exclusively, within Clay and Geary Counties. He donated his
archeological collection to the University of Kansas in 1948.
The four individuals in this notice were from 14CY27 and 14CY40,
were excavated in July of 1925 by Floyd Schultz, and donated to the
University in 1948. The two trinomials appear to have consisted of two
burials (located in one mound), a second large mound, and a small
hearth located on a bluff overlooking the Republican River.
Burials A and B, also called Mound A and B respectively,
(designated as site 14CY40) contained various lithic and ceramic
artifacts and human remains (Mound A) and a single projectile point and
cranium fragment (Mound B). The adjacent Mound C (designated as 14CY27)
is better documented. Artifacts and human remains were located
scattered throughout the mounds.
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 University of Kansas has determined that:
The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of at least four individuals of Native American
ancestry.
The six 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 Kaw
Nation, Oklahoma; Northern Arapaho Tribe of the Wind River Reservation,
Wyoming; and the Pawnee Nation of 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.
Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects
described in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after July 11,
2025. 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 and associated funerary objects 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: May 28, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-10593 Filed 6-10-25; 8:45 am]
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