[Federal Register: February 13, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 30)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Review
Committee: Meeting
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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Notice is here given in accordance with the Federal Advisory
Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. Appendix (1988), of a meeting of the Native
American Graves Protection and Repatriation Review Committee (Review
Committee). The Review Committee will meet on May 15-16, 2008, at the
F.K. Bemis International Conference Center on the Campus of St. Norbert
College, 100 Grant Street, De Pere, WI 54115-2099. Meeting sessions
will begin at 8:30 a.m. and end at 5 p.m. each day.
The agenda for the meeting includes preparation of the Review
Committee's Report to Congress for 2007; update on National NAGPRA
Program activities during the first half of fiscal year 2008; reports
from the National NAGPRA Program on projects requested by the Review
Committee; update and Review Committee recommendations on development
of the draft proposed rule for disposition of unclaimed cultural items
excavated or removed from Federal or tribal lands after November 16,
1990 (43 CFR 10.7); update on development of the final rule for
disposition of culturally unidentifiable Native American human remains
in collections (43 CFR 10.11); requests for recommendations regarding
the disposition of culturally unidentifiable human remains;
presentations and statements by Indian tribes, Native Hawaiian
organizations, museums, Federal agencies, and the public; and selection
of dates and site for spring 2009 meeting.
A detailed agenda for this meeting will be posted by April 30,
2008, at http://www.nps.gov/history/nagpra/.
Requests to schedule a presentation to the Review Committee during
the meeting should be submitted in writing no later than April 15,
2008. Requests should include an abstract of the presentation and
contact information for the presenters. Persons also may submit written
statements for consideration by the Review Committee during the
meeting. Send requests and statements to the Designated Federal
Officer, NAGPRA Review Committee by U.S. Mail to the National Park
Service, 1849 C Street NW (2253), Washington, DC 20240; or by
commercial delivery to the National Park Service, 1201 Eye Street NW,
8th floor, Washington, DC 20005. Because increased security in the
Washington, DC, area may delay delivery of U.S. Mail to Government
offices, copies of mailed requests and statements should also be faxed
to (202) 371-5197. Written submissions may be received by the
Designated Federal Officer until the close of business on April 15,
2008.
Transcripts of Review Committee meetings are available
approximately eight weeks after each meeting at the National NAGPRA
Program office, 1201 Eye Street NW, 8th floor, Washington, DC. To
request electronic copies of meeting transcripts, send an e-mail
message to Tim_McKeown@nps.gov.
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Information about NAGPRA, the Review Committee, and Review
Committee meetings is available at the National NAGPRA website, http://www.nps.gov/history/nagpra/
; for the Review Committee's meeting
procedures, select ``Review Committee,'' then select ``Procedures.''
The Review Committee was established by the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act of 1990 (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3001 et
seq. Review Committee members are appointed by the Secretary of the
Interior. The Review Committee is responsible for monitoring the NAGPRA
inventory and identification process; reviewing and making findings
related to the identity or cultural affiliation of cultural items, or
the return of such items; facilitating the resolution of disputes;
compiling an inventory of culturally unidentifiable human remains that
are in the possession or control of each Federal agency and museum and
recommending specific actions for developing a process for disposition
of such human remains; consulting with Indian tribes and Native
Hawaiian organizations and museums on matters within the scope of the
work of the committee affecting such tribes or organizations;
consulting with the Secretary of the Interior in the development of
regulations to carry out NAGPRA; and making recommendations regarding
future care of repatriated cultural items. The Review Committee's work
is completed during meetings that are open to the public.
Dated: December 13, 2007
C. Timothy McKeown,
Designated Federal Officer,
Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Review
Committee.
[FR Doc. E8-2571 Filed 2-12-08; 8:45 am]
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