[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 67 (Tuesday, April 8, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17082-17083]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-8506]


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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 here 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 Review Committee was established by the 
Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act of 1990 
(NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3001 et seq. Review Committee members are appointed 
by the Secretary of the Interior. The Review Committee is responsible 
for monitoring the NAGPRA inventory and identification process; 
reviewing and making findings related to the identity or cultural 
affiliation of cultural items, or the return of such items; 
facilitating the resolution of disputes; compiling an inventory of 
culturally unidentifiable human remains and developing a process for 
disposition of such remains; consulting with Indian tribes and Native 
Hawaiian organizations and museums on matters

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within the scope of the work of the committee affecting such tribes or 
organizations; consulting with the Secretary of the Interior in the 
development of regulations to carry out NAGPRA; and making 
recommendations regarding future care of repatriated cultural items.
    The Review Committee's work is completed during meetings that are 
open to the public. The next scheduled meetings are in St. Paul, MN, 
May 9-11, 2003, and Albuquerque, NM, November 21-23, 2003. Final dates 
for the Albuquerque meeting will be confirmed during the St. Paul 
meeting.
    Transcripts of Review Committee meetings are available 
approximately 8 weeks after each meeting at the National NAGPRA program 
office, 1201 Eye Street NW, Washington, DC. To request electronic 
copies of meeting transcripts, send an e-mail message to 
nagpra[llddash][email protected].
    Information about NAGPRA, the Review Committee, and Review 
Committee meetings is available at the National NAGPRA Website, http://www.cr.nps.gov/nagpra; for the Review Committee's meeting protocol, 
click ``Review Committee,'' then click ``Procedures.''
    Indian tribes 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 cultural 
items may wish to schedule transfers to coincide with Review Committee 
meetings. The National NAGPRA program awards repatriation grants to 
assist with the costs of repatriation transfers. Information about 
NAGPRA grants is posted on the National NAGPRA Website at http://www.cr.nps.gov/nagpra; click ``NAGPRA Grants.''
    St. Paul, MN, meeting, May 9-11, 2003: At the invitation of the 
Minnesota Indian Affairs Council, the Review Committee will meet on May 
9, 10, and 11, 2003, in the Town Square A Room in the Radisson City 
Center Hotel St. Paul, 411 Minnesota Street, St. Paul, MN 55101, 
telephone (651) 291-8800, Web http://www.radisson.com/
stpaulmn[llddash]citycenter.
    Meeting sessions will begin at approximately 8:30 a.m. each day, 
and will end at approximately 5 p.m. on May 9 and 10, and approximately 
12 noon on May 11. The agenda for the meeting in St. Paul will include 
National NAGPRA program reports on implementation; consideration of a 
dispute between the Royal Hawaiian Academy of Traditional Arts and the 
Bishop Museum; discussion of regulations, dispute resolution 
procedures, and the Review Committee's 2002 report to the Congress; and 
presentations and statements by Indian tribes and Native Hawaiian 
organizations, museums, Federal agencies, and the public.
    To schedule a presentation to the Review Committee during the St. 
Paul meeting, submit a written request with an abstract of the 
presentation and contact information. Persons also may submit written 
statements for consideration by the Review Committee during the St. 
Paul meeting. Send requests and statements to the Designated Federal 
Officer, NAGPRA Review Committee (1) by U.S. Mail to the National Park 
Service, 1849 C Street NW (2253), Washington, DC 20240; or (2) by 
commercial delivery to the National Park Service, 1201 Eye Street NW, 
8th floor, Washington, DC 20005. Because increased security in the 
Washington, DC, area may delay delivery of U.S. Mail to Government 
offices, copies of mailed requests and statements should also be faxed 
to (202) 372-5197.
    No special lodging arrangements have been made for this meeting. A 
variety of accommodations are available in St. Paul and nearby 
communities.
    Albuquerque, NM, meeting, November 2003: The Review Committee is 
scheduled to meet in Albuquerque, NM, November 21-23, 2003. Final dates 
for the Albuquerque meeting will be confirmed during the St. Paul 
meeting. A subsequent Federal Register notice will be published that 
includes final meeting dates, location, agenda, and other details for 
the Albuquerque meeting.

    Dated: March 3, 2003.
John Robbins,
Designated Federal Officer, NAGPRA Review Committee.
[FR Doc. 03-8506 Filed 4-7-03; 8:45 am]
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