[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 194 (Friday, October 5, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 51059]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-24962]


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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 hereby given in accordance with the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. Appendix (1988), of meetings of the Native 
American Graves Protection and Repatriation Review Committee.

General Information

    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 Native American Graves 
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA).
    Persons wishing further information concerning review committee 
meetings may contact Mr. John Robbins, Assistant Director, Cultural 
Resources Stewardship and Partnerships, Designated Federal Official, 
Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Review Committee 
1849 C Street NW - 350 NC, Washington, DC 20240, telephone (202) 343-
3388, facsimile (202) 343-5260, e-mail [email protected]. 
Transcripts of review committee meetings are available for public 
inspection approximately eight weeks after each meeting at the office 
of the Assistant Director, Cultural Resources Stewardship and 
Partnerships, Designated Federal Official, Native American Graves 
Protection and Repatriation Review Committee 800 North Capitol Street 
NW, Suite 350, Washington, DC 20001.
    The protocol for review committee meetings is posted on the 
National NAGPRA Website (www.cr.nps.gov/nagpra; click ``Review 
Committee,'' then click ``Procedures'').
    Tribes, Alaska Native Villages and Corporations, and Native 
Hawaiian Organizations that are considering visits to museums or 
Federal agencies in review committee meeting locations for the purpose 
of transfers of repatriated human remains and cultural items may wish 
to schedule transfers to coincide with review committee meetings. Note 
that repatriation transfers may be supported by ``repatriation awards'' 
administered under the NAGPRA grants program. Information about NAGPRA 
grants is posted on the National NAGPRA Website (www.cr.nps.gov/nagpra; 
click ``NAGPRA Grants'').

Cambridge, MA, meeting: November 2001

    At the invitation of Harvard Law School and Peabody Museum of 
Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, the review committee 
will meet on November 17-19, 2001, at Harvard Law School, in the Ropes 
Gray Room on the second floor of Pound Hall, 1563 Massachusetts Avenue, 
Cambridge, MA. A Harvard Law School map is available online 
(www.law.harvard.edu; click ``About HLS,'' then click ``Map of Law 
School campus'').
    The agenda for the meeting will include consideration of a dispute 
proposed by the Fallon Paiute-Shoshone Tribe, discussion of Federal 
agency compliance, contamination of cultural items, discussion of the 
NAGPRA grants program, and implementation of the statute in the 
northeastern United States.
    Meeting sessions will begin at 8:30 a.m. and will end no later than 
5:00 p.m. each day. The meeting is open to the public. Meeting space is 
limited and persons will be accommodated on a first-come, first-served 
basis. Persons wishing to make a presentation to the review committee 
should submit a request to do so by October 19, 2001, including a 
written abstract of your presentation and your contact information. 
Persons may also submit written statements for consideration by the 
review committee by October 19, 2001. Requests and statements should be 
addressed to the review committee in care of the Assistant Director, 
Cultural Resources Stewardship and Partnerships, Designated Federal 
Official, Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Review 
Committee 1849 C Street NW - 350 NC, Washington, DC 20240.
    No special lodging arrangements have been made for this meeting; 
accommodations are available in Cambridge, Boston, and nearby 
communities.
    On November 19, 2001, following the conclusion of the review 
committee meeting, the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology 
invites all meeting attendees to celebrate the raising of a new totem 
pole, the Kaats and Bear pole, in the Hall of the North American 
Indian, Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, 11 Divinity 
Avenue, Cambridge, MA, at 3:30 p.m. A reception at the museum will 
follow the pole raising.

Tulsa, OK, meeting: May-June 2002

    At the invitation of the University of Tulsa, the review committee 
will meet on May 31 and June 1-2, 2002 (tentative dates) at the 
University of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK. A notice including final meeting dates, 
the meeting agenda, and other meeting detail will be published in the 
Federal Register at least 90 days prior to the Tulsa, OK, meeting.

    Dated: July 17, 2001.
John Robbins,
Assistant Director, Cultural Resources Stewardship and Partnerships, 
Designated Federal Official, Native American Graves Protection and 
Repatriation Review Committee
[FR Doc. 01-24962 Filed 10-4-01; 8:45 am]
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