[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 82 (Thursday, April 30, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19979-19980]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-9988]


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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 October 30-31, 2009, in 
Sarasota, Florida. On October 30, the meeting will take place at David 
Cohen Hall, located in the Beatrice Friedman Symphony Center, 709 North 
Tamiami Trail, Sarasota, FL 34236 (the Friedman Symphony Center is 
located on Van Wezel Way, a short street that runs between Boulevard of 
the Arts and 10th Street, one block west of Tamiami Trail). On October 
31, the meeting will take place at the Hyatt Regency Sarasota, 1000 
Boulevard of the Arts, Sarasota, FL 34236.
    Meeting sessions will begin at 8:30 a.m. and end at 5:00 p.m. each 
day. A detailed agenda for this meeting will be posted on or before 
September 25, 2009, at http://www.nps.gov/history/nagpra/.
    The agenda for the meeting will include a report on National NAGPRA 
Program activities during fiscal year 2009; activity reports from the 
National NAGPRA Program as requested by the Review Committee; requests 
for recommendations regarding the disposition of culturally 
unidentifiable human remains; requests, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 
3006(c)(3), for reviews and findings of fact related to the identity or 
cultural affiliation of human remains or other cultural items, or the 
return of such items; disputes among Indian tribes, Native Hawaiian 
organizations, or lineal descendants and Federal agencies or museums 
relating to the return of human remains or other cultural items, 
pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3006(c)(4); presentations by Indian tribes, 
Native Hawaiian organizations, museums, Federal agencies, and the 
public; and the selection of dates and a site for the fall 2010 
meeting.
    The Review Committee will consider the following requests: by 
anyone, to make a presentation; by museums and Federal agencies, to act 
on an agreement concerning the disposition of human remains determined 
to be culturally unidentifiable (CUI); by Indian tribes, Native 
Hawaiian organizations, lineal descendants, museums, and Federal 
agencies, to review and make findings of fact related to the identity 
or cultural affiliation of human remains or other cultural items, or 
the return of such items; and by Indian tribes, Native Hawaiian 
organizations, lineal descendants, museums, and Federal agencies, to 
facilitate a dispute and make findings of fact and recommendations 
related to the identity, cultural affiliation, or the return of human 
remains or other cultural items.
    Requests to make a presentation must include an abstract of the 
presentation and contact information for the presenter(s).
    Requests to act on a CUI disposition agreement should be made on 
the form posted on the National NAGPRA Program website, and also should

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include all the materials requested on the form. To access and download 
the form, go to www.nps.gov/history/nagpra; then click on ``Review 
Committee;'''' then click on ``Procedures;'' then, under ``Request by a 
Museum/Federal Agency for a CUI Disposition Agreement,'' click on the 
highlighted word ``form.''
    Requests to convene parties and hear a dispute, or otherwise review 
and make findings of fact related to the identity or cultural 
affiliation of human remains or other cultural items, or the return of 
such items should include -
    a. The proposed questions for the Review Committee to consider.
    b. A statement of facts relevant for answering the questions posed.
    c. Copies of documents that are relevant for answering the 
questions posed.
    d. A statement of the requesting party's position and reasoning for 
their position.
    e. A list of all interested parties known to the requesting party.
    f. A summary of the consultation record.
    g. The findings of fact and recommendations sought from the Review 
Committee.
    In addition, requests to convene parties and hear a dispute should 
include -
    h. A summary of previous efforts to resolve the dispute, including, 
if applicable, the results of alternative dispute resolution.
    i. A statement providing the requesting party's understanding of 
the other party's/parties' position and reasoning for their position.

    The Review Committee will consider a request to convene parties and 
hear a dispute, or otherwise review and make findings of fact related 
to the identity or cultural affiliation of human remains or other 
cultural items, or the return of such items if the request is received 
on or before June 29, 2009. The Review Committee will consider a 
request to act on a CUI disposition agreement if the request is 
received on or before July 29, 2009. The Review Committee will consider 
a request to make a presentation if the request is received on or 
before August 29, 2009. Electronic submissions are preferred, and are 
to be sent to: [email protected]. Mailed submissions are to be sent 
to: Designated Federal Officer, NAGPRA Review Committee, National Park 
Service, National NAGPRA Program, 1201 Eye Street, NW, 8th Floor 
(2253), Washington, DC 20005.
    The transcript of the October Review Committee meeting will be 
available, on request, approximately fourteen weeks after the meeting. 
For a transcript, contact the Designated Federal Officer, at [email protected]. Information about NAGPRA, the Review Committee, and 
Review Committee meetings, and the minutes to the meetings are 
available at the National NAGPRA Program website, http://www.nps.gov/history/nagpra/. For the Review Committee's meeting procedures, click 
on ``Review Committee,'' then click on ``Procedures.''
    The Review Committee was established in Section 8 of the Native 
American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act of 1990 (NAGPRA), 25 
U.S.C. 3006. 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 affecting such 
tribes or organizations lying within the scope of work of the 
Committee; consulting with the Secretary of the Interior on the 
development of regulations to carry out NAGPRA; and making 
recommendations regarding future care of repatriated cultural items. 
The Review Committee's work is carried out during the course of 
meetings that are open to the public.

    Dated: April 24, 2009.
David Tarler,
Designated Federal Officer, Native American Graves Protection and 
Repatriation Review Committee.
[FR Doc. E9-9988 Filed 4-29-09; 8:45 am]
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