# 2025-15669: University of Kansas Completes Native Artifact Inventory for Return

2025-15669, Notice of Inventory Completion: The University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, is a Federal Register notice from Interior Department, National Park Service published 2025-08-18 (as of 2026-06-08).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-15669
- As of: 2026-06-08
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2025-15669
- Title: Notice of Inventory Completion: The University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Interior Department; National Park Service
- Citation: 90 FR 40081
- Published: 2025-08-18
- Effective: unknown
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-06-08

## In one line

University of Kansas Completes Native Artifact Inventory for Return

## Summary

The University of Kansas finished checking their collection of Native American items and found they belong to certain tribes and Native Hawaiian groups. This means these items will be returned to the right communities soon. If you’re part of these groups, keep an eye out for updates on when and how the items will be sent back.

## Abstract

In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the University of Kansas has completed an inventory of associated funerary objects and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the associated funerary objects and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.

## Effects PRIA read

- Repatriation of Native Items to Tribes: benefit, medium. The University of Kansas completed an inventory under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) and found associated funerary objects are culturally affiliated with certain Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations. Those items will be returned to the affiliated trib…

## Related documents

- [2026-04606](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-04606): Alaska; Hunting and Trapping in National Preserves, 2026-03-10
- [2026-20013](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-20013): Agency Information Collection Activities; Archeology Permit Applications and Reports, 2026-09-30
- [2026-20015](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-20015): Agency Information Collection Activities; National Park Service Concessions Forms, 2026-09-30
- [2026-19996](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-19996): Notice of Intended Repatriation: California State University, Sacramento, Sacramento, CA, 2026-09-30
- [2026-19002](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-19002): National Park Service Alaska Region Subsistence Resource Commission Program; Notice of Public Meetings, 2026-09-16
- [2026-18306](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-18306): Official Trail Marker for Butterfield Overland National Historic Trail, 2026-09-09

## Sources
- [2025-15669 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/08/18/2025-15669/notice-of-inventory-completion-the-university-of-kansas-lawrence-ks)
- [2025-15669 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-08-18/pdf/2025-15669.pdf)

## Related
- [Previous: 2025-15668, Notice of OFAC Sanctions Action](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-15668)
- [Next: 2025-15670, Notice of Inventory Completion: The University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-15670)
- [All Federal Register documents](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register)

Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-15669 (as of 2026-06-08).