[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 127 (Friday, July 2, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40415-40416]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-15163]


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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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SUMMARY: This is notice of a meeting of the Native American Graves 
Protection and Repatriation Review Committee. The next Review Committee 
meeting is a public teleconference on July 19, 2004, to discuss agenda 
items for a Review Committee meeting tentatively scheduled for 
September 18-19, 2004, in Washington, DC, and to elect a Review 
Committee chair, and to receive presentations and statements by Indian 
tribes, Native Hawaiian organizations, museums, Federal agencies, and 
the public. Notification of this meeting may appear in the Federal 
Register less than 15 calendar days prior to the meeting date due to 
difficulties in coordinating Review Committee members' schedules.

DATES: The meeting via teleconference is on July 19, 2004, from 2 p.m. 
until approximately 5 p.m. e.d.s.t.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Designated Federal Officer, Native 
American Graves Protection and Repatriation Review Committee, telephone 
(202) 354-2206, facsimile (202) 371-5197, e-mail [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Authority. Native American Graves Protection 
and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA, 25 U.S.C. 3001 et seq.), and Federal 
Advisory Committee Act (FACA, 5 U.S.C. Appendix).
    General Information. The Review Committee was established by 
NAGPRA. 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 
recommending actions for developing a process for disposition of such 
remains; consulting with Indian tribes and Native Hawaiian 
organizations and museums on matters within the scope of the work of 
the Review Committee affecting such tribes or organizations; consulting 
with the Secretary of the Interior in the development of regulations to 
carry out NAGPRA; and making

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recommendations regarding future care of repatriated cultural items. 
The Review Committee's work is completed during meetings that are open 
to the public.
    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 [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, select ``Review Committee,'' then select ``Procedures.''
    Meeting time and remote locations. The teleconference meeting will 
begin at 2 p.m. and end at approximately 5 p.m. e.d.s.t. Remote 
locations for public participation in the teleconference have been 
established at the following National Park Service offices. 
Participants will need proper identification and should allow extra 
time to pass through security at each location.
    Washington, DC: Headquarters Office, 1201 Eye Street NW, 7th floor, 
room 90. From 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. e.d.s.t. Contact Robin Coates, (202) 
354-2201.
    Boston, MA: Northeast Regional Office, 15 State Street, 4th floor 
conference room. Enter through the Visitors Center for Boston National 
Historical Park. From 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. e.d.s.t. Contact Chuck Smythe, 
(617) 223-5014.
    Atlanta, GA: Southeast Regional Office, 100 Alabama St, SW, 1924 
Building, 6th floor training room. From 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. e.d.s.t. 
Contact J. Anthony Paredes, (404) 562-3117.
    St. Paul, MN: Mississippi National River and Recreation Area, 111 
East Kellogg Blvd, room 212. From 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. c.d.s.t. Contact 
Michael J. Evans, (651) 290-4165.
    Denver, CO: Intermountain Regional Office, 12795 West Alameda 
Parkway. From noon to 3 p.m. m.d.s.t. Contact Cyd Martin, (303) 969-
2868.
    Santa Fe, NM: Intermountain Regional Office--Santa Fe, 2968 Rodeo 
Park Drive West, 2nd floor room 2080. From noon to 3 p.m. m.d.s.t. 
Contact Ed Lee Natay, (505) 988-6896.
    Oakland, CA: Pacific West Regional Office, 111 Jackson Street, 6th 
floor conference room. From 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. p.d.s.t. Contact Roger 
Kelly, (510) 817-1400.
    Seattle, WA: Pacific West Regional Office, 909 First Avenue, room 
560. From 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. p.d.s.t. Contact Fred York, (206) 220-4148.
    Anchorage, AK: Alaska Regional Office, remote site will be in the 
executive dining room, Federal Building, 222 W. 7th Avenue. From 10 
a.m. to 1 p.m. a.d.s.t. Contact Janet Cohen, (907) 644-3462.
    Honolulu, HI: Pacific Island Support Office, 300 Ala Moana 
Boulevard. From 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. h.s.t. Contact Melia Lane-Kamahale, 
(808) 541-2693, extension 729.
    Agenda for the teleconference meeting. The agenda for the July 19, 
2004, meeting includes a discussion of agenda items for the Review 
Committee meeting tentatively scheduled for September 18-19, 2004, in 
Washington, DC; election of a Review Committee chair; and presentations 
and statements by Indian tribes, Native Hawaiian organizations, 
museums, Federal agencies, and the public. Persons may submit written 
statements for the Review Committee's consideration to the Designated 
Federal Officer, facsimile (202) 371-5197, e-mail [email protected].

    Dated: June 29, 2004
C. Timothy McKeown,
Designated Federal Officer, Native American Graves Protection and 
Repatriation Review Committee.
[FR Doc. 04-15163 Filed 7-1-04; 8:45 am]
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