[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 4 (Thursday, January 6, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1266-1267]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-241]



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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. The 
Review Committee will meet on March 13-15, 2005, in the Keoni 
Auditorium, Hawaii Imin International Conference Center, 1777 East-West 
Road, Honolulu, HI 96848-1601, telephone (808) 944-7159. Meeting 
sessions will begin at approximately 1:00 p.m. on March 13, and 8:30 
a.m. on March 14-15. Meeting sessions will end each day at 
approximately 5 p.m. The agenda for the meeting includes an update on 
various disputes and issues pending before the Review Committee; 
requests for recommendations regarding the disposition of culturally 
unidentifiable human remains; discussion of regulations; the Review 
Committee's 2002-2004 report to the Congress; discussion of nominees 
for the committee's seventh member; and presentations and statements by 
Indian tribes, Native Hawaiian organizations, museums, Federal 
agencies, and the public.
    To schedule a presentation to the Review Committee during the 
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 meeting. Send requests 
and statements to the Designated Federal Officer, NAGPRA Review 
Committee by U.S. Mail to the National Park Service, 1849 C Street NW 
(2253), Washington, DC 20240; or 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) 371-5197.
    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 
procedures, select ``Review Committee,'' then select ``Procedures.''
    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 that 
are in the possession or control of each Federal agency and museum and 
recommending specific 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 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.

    Dated: December 16, 2004
C. Timothy McKeown,
Designated Federal Officer,Native American Graves Protection and 
Repatriation Review Committee.
[FR Doc. 05-241 Filed 1-5-05; 8:45 am]
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