[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 46 (Monday, March 10, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10877-10878]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-5782]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act Review 
Committee: Meeting--Revised Notice

AGENCY: National Park Service, 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 (NAGPRA) Review 
Committee will be held on March 25-27, 1997 in Norman, OK.
    The Review Committee will meet at the Oklahoma Center for 
Continuing Education (OCCE) on the campus of the University of Oklahoma 
in Norman. 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 Act 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.
    This notice amends the meeting agenda to include presentation of 
additional information regarding a dispute over the disposition of a 
carved wooden figure from Hawaii in the possession of the City of 
Providence and preparation of the committee's 1995-1996 report to 
Congress. The agenda will also include discussion of the compliance by 
Federal agencies, implementation of the statute in the States of 
Oklahoma and Texas, and the disposition of culturally unidentifiable 
human remains.
    This meeting will be open to the public. However, facilities and 
space for accommodating 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 (MS 2275), National Park Service, P.O.

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Box 37127, Washington, DC 20013-7127; telephone: (202) 343-4101. Draft 
summary minutes of the meeting will be available for public inspection 
approximately eight weeks after the meeting at the office of the 
Departmental Consulting Archeologist, 800 North Capitol St. NW, Suite 
210, Washington, DC.

    Dated: February 26, 1997.
Francis P. McManamon,
Departmental Consulting Archeologist, Manager, Archeology and 
Ethnography Program.
[FR Doc. 97-5782 Filed 3-7-97; 8:45 am]
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