[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 52 (Friday, March 15, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 10786]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-6261]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Review 
Committee; Nomination Solicitation

AGENCY: National Park Service

ACTION: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Review 
Committee; Notice of Nomination Solicitation

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SUMMARY: The Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Review 
Committee [P.L. 101-601] became law on November 16, 1990. Section 8 of 
the Act establishes a review committee to monitor implementation of the 
statute, facilitate the resolution of disputes, consult with the 
Secretary of the Interior in the development of regulations, and report 
to Congress on the status of implementation. The National Park Service 
is soliciting nominations for membership on this review committee.
DATES: Nominations should be received by May 14, 1996.
ADDRESSES: Nominations should be sent to the Departmental Consulting 
Archeologist, Archeology & Ethnography Program, National Park Service, 
P.O. Box 37127, Washington, DC 20013-7127. Nominations should include a 
brief biographical outline with home and business addresses and 
telephone number of each individual recommended.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Departmental Consulting Archeologist 
Francis P. McManamon or NAGPRA Team Leader C. Timothy McKeown at (202) 
343-4101. A copy of the charter for this review committee is available 
upon request.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Section 8 (b) of the Act stipulates that the review committee be 
composed of seven members appointed by the Secretary of the Interior as 
follows:
    a. Three members appointed from nominations by Indian tribes, 
Native Hawaiian organizations, and traditional religious leaders, with 
at least two such persons being traditional religious leaders. The term 
traditional religious leader means:
    1. a person who is recognized by members of an Indian tribe or 
Native Hawaiian organization as being responsible for performing 
cultural duties relating to the ceremonial or religious traditions of 
that Indian tribe; or
    2. organization or exercising a leadership role in an Indian tribe 
or Native Hawaiian organization based on the tribe or organization's 
cultural, ceremonial, or religious practices.
    b. Three members appointed from nominations submitted by national 
museum organizations and scientific organizations; and
    c. One member appointed from a list of persons developed and 
consented to by all of the other members.
    The National Park Service is soliciting nominations from Indian 
tribes, Native Hawaiian organizations, national museum organizations, 
and scientific organizations. The Secretary of the Interior may not 
appoint Federal officers or employees to the review committee. The 
Secretary of the Interior will appoint one member nominated by Indian 
tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations as soon as possible. Five 
additional members will be appointed prior to the expiration of the 
current members' terms in March, 1997. The seventh member will be 
appointed from a list of persons developed and consented to by the 
review committee at it's spring, 1997, meeting.
Dated: March 12, 1996

Michele C. Aubry
Acting Departmental Consulting Archeologist
Archeology & Ethnography Program

[FR Doc. 96-6261 Filed 3-14-96; 8:45 am]

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