[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 91 (Thursday, May 11, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27509-27510]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-7190]


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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 (Review 
Committee). The Review Committee will meet on May 30-31, 2006, at the 
Westmark Baranof Hotel, 127 North Franklin Street, Juneau, AK 99801, 
telephone (907) 586-2660. Meeting sessions will begin at 8:30 a.m. and 
end at 5 p.m each day.
    The agenda for the meeting includes an overview of activities of 
the National NAGPRA Program since the Review Committee's last meeting; 
a review of documentation submitted as part of a possible dispute 
between the White Mountain Apache and the Field Museum; a request for a 
recommendation regarding the disposition of culturally unidentifiable 
human remains from the State of Iowa; the Review Committee's 2005 
report to the Congress; 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 for the presenters. 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.

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    Transcripts of Review Committee meetings are available 
approximately eight 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 Web 
site, 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 human 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: April 27, 2006
C. Timothy McKeown,
Designated Federal Officer,Native American Graves Protection and 
Repatriation Review Committee.
[FR Doc. E6-7190 Filed 5-10-06; 8:45 am]
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