[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 170 (Friday, August 31, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53228-53229]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-21614]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-11085; 2200-1100-665]
Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Review
Committee: Meeting
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby 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). This meeting will be open to the public. 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 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 facilitation of the resolution of disputes among
parties are convened by the Review Committee pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3006
(c)(4).
DATES: The Review Committee will meet on May 22-23, 2013. Presentation
requests must be received by March 22, 2013. Requests for disposition
or for findings of fact must be received by March 9, 2013. Requests to
convene parties and facilitate resolution of a dispute must be received
by February 3, 2013.
ADDRESSES: The Review Committee will meet in the History Colorado
Center of the History Colorado Museum, 1200 Broadway, Denver, CO 80203.
Electronic submissions are to be sent to: Sherry_Hutt@nps.gov. 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.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby 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 22-23, 2013, in the History Colorado Center of the History Colorado
Museum, 1200 Broadway, Denver, CO 80203. This meeting will be open to
the public.
The agenda for this meeting will include the appointment of the
subcommittee to draft the Review Committee's Report to the Congress for
2013, and discussion of the scope of the Report; 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 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
facilitation of the resolution of disputes among parties are 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 April 22,
2013, 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 dispute
resolution facilitated by 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 March 22, 2013.
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 March 9, 2013.
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 a
statement of the fact(s) at issue and supporting materials, including
those exchanged by the parties to consultation concerning the Native
American human remains and or other cultural items. Requests for
findings of fact must be received by March 9, 2013.
The Review Committee will consider requests, pursuant to 25 U.S.C.
3006 (c)(4), to convene parties and facilitate resolution of 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 resolution of a dispute must be accompanied by a
statement of the decision of the museum or Federal agency subject to
the dispute resolution request, a statement of the issue and supporting
materials, including those exchanged by the parties to consultation
concerning the Native American human remains and or
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other cultural items. Requests to convene parties and facilitate
resolution of a dispute must be received by February 3, 2013.
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: Sherry_Hutt@nps.gov.
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.
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: August 8, 2012.
Sherry Hutt,
Designated Federal Officer, Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Review Committee.
[FR Doc. 2012-21614 Filed 8-30-12; 8:45 am]
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