[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 162 (Tuesday, August 20, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 43070]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-21104]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Review 
Committee: Meeting

AGENCY: National Park Service, Department of the Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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    Notice is hereby given in accordance with the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act (FACA), 5 U.S.C. Appendix (1988), that a meeting of the 
Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act Review Committee 
will be held on November 1, 2 and 3, 1996 in Myrtle Beach, SC.
    The Committee will meet at the Sands Ocean Club Resort 9550 Shore 
Dr., Myrtle Beach, SC 29572, telephone (800) 845-0633 fax (803) 497-
3835. Meetings will begin each day at 8:30 a.m. and conclude not later 
than 5:00 p.m.
    The Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Review 
Committee was established by Public Law 101-601 to monitor, review, and 
assist in implementation of the inventory and identification process 
and repatriation activities required under the statute.
    On the agenda for this meeting will be: discussion of the 
committee's draft recommendations regarding the disposition of 
culturally unidentifiable human remains in museums and Federal 
collections; dicussions with disputants over the disposition of an 
Oneida wampum belt currently in the possession of the Field Museum of 
Natural History, Chicago; review of documentation related to a dispute 
over a Hawaiian object currently in the possession of the Museum of 
Natural History at Roger Williams Park, Providence; the committee's 
1995-1996 report to Congress; and public comment on implementation of 
the statute in the Southeastern United States.
    The meeting will be open to the public. However, facilities and 
space for accommodating members of the public are limited. Any member 
of the public may file a written statement concerning the matters to be 
discussed with Dr. Francis P. McManamon, Departmental Consulting 
Archeologist.
    Persons wishing further information concerning this meeting, or who 
wish to submit written statements may contact Dr. Francis P. McManamon, 
Departmental Consulting Archeologist, Archeology and Ethnography 
Program (MS2275), National Park Service, P.O. Box 37127 Washington, 
D.C. 20013-7127, Telephone (202) 343-4101. Draft summary minutes of the 
meeting will be available for public inspection about eight weeks after 
the meeting at the office of the Departmental Consulting Archeologist, 
Suite 210, 800 North Capital Street, Washington, D.C.
Dated: August 14, 1996.
Veletta Canouts,
Acting, Departmental Consulting Archeologist,
Deputy Chief, Archeology and Ethnography Program.
[FR Doc. 96-21104 Filed 8-19-96; 8:45 am]
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