WASHINGTON, Aug. 24 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Labor Employee Benefits Security Administration has proposed an exemption to allow the Mid-America Carpenters Regional Council Apprentice and Training Fund to sell a 1.13-acre parcel of real property in Kansas City, Missouri, to the Mid-America Carpenters Regional Council (MACRC). The sale, which involves a portion of a 5.67-acre property at 8955 E. Terrace, would otherwise be prohibited under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1 more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 (TNSFR) -- The Kansas State Historical Society, Topeka, has completed an inventory of ancestral human remains and associated funerary objects, determining a cultural affiliation with three Native American tribes. This action, following the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, sets the stage for the repatriation of these items to the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe of the Cheyenne River Reservation, the Kaw Nation and the Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma. The items, wh more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 24 (TNSFR) -- The Kansas State Historical Society, Topeka, has completed its inventory of Native American human remains and associated funerary objects, finding a cultural connection to the Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma and the Wichita and Affiliated Tribes. Conducted under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the inventory identified the remains of 72 individuals and 23,270 objects. The items were collected from numerous sites across several Kansas  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 (TNSFR) -- The Kansas State Historical Society, Topeka, has completed an inventory of Native American human remains and objects and will repatriate them to the Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma. The repatriation is being carried out under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) and includes remains and items from two separate sites. The first set of items consists of 10 funerary objects, including jasper flakes, animal bone fragments, mollusks, and a mull more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 24 (TNSFR) -- The Kansas State Historical Society, Topeka, has finished a review of Native American human remains and funerary objects, finding a connection to three Indian tribes. The work was done in accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act. Based on consultation and geographical history, the KSHS has linked the human remains and objects to three groups: the Kaw Nation, the Pawnee Nation and the Wichita and Affiliated Tribes. The inventory d more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 24 (TNSFR) -- The Kansas State Historical Society. Topeka, is preparing to return the remains of at least 48 individuals and over 1,000 artifacts to the Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma. This action follows an inventory conducted in compliance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA). The items are from a dozen different sites across Kansas. The repatriation involves human remains and objects found in Atchison, Doniphan, Jewell, Nemaha, Marshall, Republ more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 24 (TNSFR) -- The Kansas State Historical Society, Topeka, has completed an inventory of human remains and artifacts, determining a cultural affiliation between them and three Indian tribes. The notice was completed under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act. The inventory includes the physical remains of at least 10 individuals and 444 objects, such as stone and shell beads, bone tools and a beaver tooth. These were removed from the Curry site in Greenwoo more PR