[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 69 (Wednesday, April 10, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17457-17458]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-8574]


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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 a meeting 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 Dr. Robert Stearns, Manager, National NAGPRA 
Program, 1849 C Street NW-350 NC, Washington, DC 20240, telephone (202) 
343-5266, 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 Manager, National NAGPRA Program, 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'').
    Indian 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'').
    Tulsa, OK, meeting, May 31, June 1-2, 2002: At the invitation of 
the University of Tulsa, the review committee will meet on May 31, June 
1, and June 2, 2002, at the University of Tulsa, in the Great Hall of 
the Allen Chapman Activity Center, 600 South College, Tulsa, OK. A 
University of Tulsa campus map is available online (http://www.utulsa.edu; click ``About TU/Visitor Information,'' then click 
``Campus Map'').
    The agenda for the meeting will include discussion of regulations 
on the disposition of culturally unidentifiable human remains; 
discussion of the NAGPRA grants program; discussion of Federal agency 
compliance; implementation of the statute in Oklahoma; and 
consideration of a dispute between the Western Apache NAGPRA Working 
Group, on behalf of the five federally recognized Apache Tribes in 
Arizona, and the Denver Art Museum. This dispute was proposed by the 
Western Apache NAGPRA Working Group.
    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 April 30, 2002, including a written 
abstract of your presentation and your contact information. Persons may 
also submit written statements for consideration by the review 
committee by April 30, 2002. Requests and statements should be 
addressed to the review committee in care of the Manager, National 
NAGPRA Program, and should be sent (1) by mail to the Manager, National 
NAGPRA Program, National Park Service, 1849 C Street NW-350NC, 
Washington, DC 20240; or (2) by commercial delivery address to the 
Manager, National NAGPRA Program, National Park Service, 800 North 
Capitol Street NW, Suite 350, Washington, DC 20001.
    Increased security in the Washington, DC, area may cause delays in 
the delivery of U.S. Mail to Government offices. In addition to mail or 
commercial delivery, a copy of the mailed request may also be faxed to 
the review committee in care of the Manager, National NAGPRA Program, 
at (202) 343-5260.
    No special lodging arrangements have been made for this meeting; 
accommodations are available in the Tulsa community.
    Seattle, WA, meeting, fall 2002: The review committee will meet in 
the fall of 2002 in Seattle, WA. A notice including final meeting 
dates, the meeting agenda, and other meeting details will be published 
in the Federal Register at least 90 days prior to the Seattle, WA, 
meeting.

    Dated: March 11, 2002.
Paula Molloy,
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 02-8574 Filed 4-9-02; 8:45 am]
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