[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 138 (Thursday, July 18, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47396-47397]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-18050]


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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 
robert[llddash][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'').
    Seattle, WA, meeting, November 8-10, 2002: At the invitation of the 
Native American Law Center, American Indian Studies Center, Department 
of Anthropology, and Museology Program

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at the University of Washington, and the Archaeology Department at the 
Burke Museum, the review committee will meet on November 8, 9 and 10, 
2002, in the Walker-Ames Room in Kane Hall, University of Washington, 
Seattle, WA. Information about Kane Hall can be found online at http://www.washington.edu/classroom/kanehall.
    The agenda for the meeting will include Federal agency compliance; 
implementation of the statute in the northwestern United States; and 
regulations on Section 10.7, disposition of unclaimed human remains, 
funerary objects, sacred objects or objects of cultural patrimony, 
Section 10. 11, disposition of culturally unidentifiable human remains, 
and Section 10.13, future applicability.
    Meeting sessions will begin at 8:30 a.m. each day, and will end no 
later than 5:00 p.m. on November 8 and 9, and no later than 2:00 p.m. 
on November 10. 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 public presentation to the review 
committee should submit a request to do so by October 9, 2002, and 
include 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, 2002. Requests and 
statements should be addressed to the review committee in care of the 
``Designated Federal Official, NAGPRA Review Committee'', 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 ``Designated Federal 
Official, NAGPRA Review Committee'', National NAGPRA Program, at (202) 
343-5260.
    No special lodging arrangements have been made for this meeting. 
Accommodations are available in the Seattle community.
    Minnesota meeting, spring 2003: The review committee will meet in 
the spring 2003, tentatively May 9-11, 2003, in Minneapolis, MN. 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 Minneapolis, MN, meeting.

    Dated: June 28, 2002.
Robert Stearns,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 02-18050 Filed 7-17-02; 8:45 am]
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