# 2025-15673: Kansas Uni Confirms Ties, Preps Return of Cultural Treasures

2025-15673, 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/2025-15673
- As of: 2026-06-08
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2025-15673
- Title: Notice of Inventory Completion: The University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Interior Department; National Park Service
- Citation: 90 FR 40079
- 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

Kansas Uni Confirms Ties, Preps Return of Cultural Treasures

## Summary

The University of Kansas has finished checking its collection of Native American human remains and related items. They found a clear connection between these remains and certain Native American tribes or Native Hawaiian groups. This means the university is ready to work on returning these items to the right communities, following important laws that protect Native heritage.

## 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 completes NAGPRA inventory; repatriation ready: benefit, low. If you are a member of an Indian Tribe or a Native Hawaiian organization affiliated with items held by the University of Kansas, the university has completed an inventory under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) and determined cultural affiliation. The university is…

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## Sources
- [2025-15673 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/08/18/2025-15673/notice-of-inventory-completion-the-university-of-kansas-lawrence-ks)
- [2025-15673 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-08-18/pdf/2025-15673.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-15673 (as of 2026-06-08).