[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 28 (Friday, February 10, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7180-7181]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-3145]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[2253-665]
Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Review
Committee: Meeting
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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Notice is hereby given in accordance with the Federal Advisory
Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. Appendix (1988), of two meetings of the Native
American Graves Protection and Repatriation Review Committee (Review
Committee). The Review Committee will meet on November 28-29, 2012, in
the Rasmuson Theater of the National Museum of the American Indian of
the Smithsonian Institution, Fourth Street and Independence SW.,
Washington, DC 20001. This meeting will be open to the public.
The agenda for the meeting in Washington, DC on November 28-29,
2012, will include finalization of the Review Committee Report to
Congress for 2012, the appointment of the subcommittee to draft the
Review Committee's Report to the Congress for 2013, and discussion of
the scope of the Reports; and National NAGPRA Program reports. In
addition, the agenda may include requests to the Review Committee for a
recommendation to the Secretary of the Interior, as required by law, in
order to effect the agreed-upon disposition of Native American human
remains determined to be culturally unidentifiable; presentations by
Indian tribes, Native Hawaiian organizations, museums, Federal
agencies, and the public; requests to the Review
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Committee, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3006 (c)(3), for review and findings
of fact related to the identity or cultural affiliation of human
remains or other cultural items, or the return of such items; and the
hearing of disputes among parties convened by the Review Committee
pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3006 (c)(4). The agenda and materials for this
meeting will be posted on or before October 29, 2012, at http://www.nps.gov/nagpra.
The Review Committee is soliciting presentations by Indian tribes,
Native Hawaiian organizations, museums, and Federal agencies on the
following two topics: (1) The progress made, and any barriers
encountered, in implementing NAGPRA and (2) the outcomes of disputes
that have come before the Review Committee pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3006
(c)(4). The Review Committee also will consider other presentations by
Indian tribes, Native Hawaiian organizations, museums, Federal
agencies, and the public. A presentation request must, at minimum,
include an abstract of the presentation and contact information for the
presenter(s). Presentation requests must be received by October 1,
2012.
The Review Committee will consider requests for a recommendation to
the Secretary of the Interior, as required by law, in order to effect
the agreed-upon disposition of Native American human remains determined
to be culturally unidentifiable (CUI). A CUI disposition request must
include the appropriate, completed form posted on the National NAGPRA
Program Web site and, as applicable, the ancillary materials noted on
the form. To access and download the appropriate form--either the form
for CUI with a ``tribal land'' or ``aboriginal land'' provenience or
the form for CUI without a ``tribal land'' or ``aboriginal land''
provenience--go to http://www.nps.gov/nagpra, and then click on
``Request for CUI Disposition Form.'' CUI disposition requests must be
received by September 21, 2012.
The Review Committee will consider requests, pursuant to 25 U.S.C.
3006 (c)(3), for review and findings of fact related to the identity or
cultural affiliation of human remains or other cultural items, or the
return of such items, where consensus among affected parties is unclear
or uncertain. A request for findings of fact must be accompanied by the
completed form posted on the National NAGPRA Program Web site and, as
applicable, the ancillary materials noted on the form. To access and
download the form, go to http://www.nps.gov/nagpra, and then click on
``Request for Findings of Fact (Not a Dispute) Form.'' Requests for
findings of fact must be received by August 10, 2012.
The Review Committee will consider requests, pursuant to 25 U.S.C.
3006 (c)(4), to convene parties and facilitate a dispute, where
consensus clearly has not been reached among affected parties regarding
the identity or cultural affiliation of human remains or other cultural
items, or the return of such items. A request to convene parties and
facilitate a dispute must be accompanied by the completed form posted
on the National NAGPRA Program Web site and, as applicable, the
ancillary materials noted on the form. To access and download the form,
go to http://www.nps.gov/nagpra, and then click on ``Request to Convene
Parties and Facilitate a Dispute Form.'' Requests to convene parties
and facilitate a dispute must be received by July 16, 2012.
Submissions may be made in one of three ways:
1. Electronically, as an attachment to a message (preferred for
submissions of 10 pages or less). Electronic submissions are to be sent
to: [email protected]
2. By mail, on a single compact disc (preferred for submissions of
more than 10 pages). 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.
3. By mail, in hard copy.
Such items are subject to posting on the National NAGPRA Program
Web site prior to the meeting. Items submitted at the meeting are
subject to posting after the meeting.
Information about NAGPRA, the Review Committee, and Review
Committee meetings is available on the National NAGPRA Program Web
site, at http://www.nps.gov/nagpra. For the Review Committee's meeting
procedures, click on ``Review Committee,'' then click on
``Procedures.'' Meeting minutes may be accessed by going to the Web
site; then clicking on ``Review Committee;'' and then clicking on
``Meeting Minutes.'' Approximately fourteen weeks after each Review
Committee meeting, the meeting transcript is posted for a limited time
on the National NAGPRA Program Web site.
Notice is also given of a meeting via teleconference to be held on
December 6, 2012, from 2 p.m. until approximately 4 p.m. EST, for the
sole purpose of finalizing the Review Committee Report to Congress,
should the item not be resolved by November 29, 2012. This meeting will
be open to the public. Those who desire to attend the meeting should
contact [email protected], between November 30 and December 4, 2012,
to be provided the telephone access number for the meeting. A
transcript and minutes of the meeting will also appear on the National
NAGPRA Program Web site: http://www.nps.gov/nagpra. An updated agenda
will post to the Web site November 30, 2012.
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.
Before including your address, phone number, email address, or
other personal identifying information in your comment, you should be
aware that your entire comment--including your personal identifying
information--may be made publicly available at any time. While you can
ask us in your comment to withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be
able to do so.
Dated: February 6, 2012.
Sherry Hutt,
Designated Federal Officer, Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Review Committee.
[FR Doc. 2012-3145 Filed 2-9-12; 8:45 am]
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