# 2025-15670: University of Kansas Returns Ancient Remains to Tribes, No Drama Here

2025-15670, 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/2025-15670
- As of: 2026-06-08
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2025-15670
- Title: Notice of Inventory Completion: The University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Interior Department; National Park Service
- Citation: 90 FR 40077
- 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 Returns Ancient Remains to Tribes, No Drama Here

## Summary

The University of Kansas finished checking its collection of Native American human remains and funeral items. They found these items are connected to certain Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian groups. This means the university will work on returning these important cultural objects to the right communities, following the law, with no money changes involved.

## Abstract

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.

## Effects PRIA read

- University Will Repatriate Native Remains: benefit, low. The University of Kansas completed an inventory under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) and determined human remains and associated funerary objects are affiliated with certain Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations. The university will work to return thos…

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## Sources
- [2025-15670 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/08/18/2025-15670/notice-of-inventory-completion-the-university-of-kansas-lawrence-ks)
- [2025-15670 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-08-18/pdf/2025-15670.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-15670 (as of 2026-06-08).