[Federal Register: December 31, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 251)]
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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 23-24, 2009, at The 
Red Lion Hotel on Fifth Avenue, 1415 Fifth Avenue, Seattle, WA 98101. 
Meeting sessions will begin at 8:30 a.m. and end at 5 p.m. each day.
    The agenda for the meeting includes an update on National NAGPRA 
Program activities during the first half of 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; disputes; presentations by 
Indian tribes, Native Hawaiian organizations, museums, Federal 
agencies, and the public; and the selection of dates and a site for the 
spring 2010 meeting.
    A detailed agenda for this meeting will be posted on or before 
March 27, 2009, at http://www.nps.gov/history/nagpra/.
    The Review Committee will consider the following requests: By 
anyone, to make a presentation; by museums and Federal agencies, to act 
on an agreement

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concerning the disposition of human remains determined to be culturally 
unidentifiable (CUI); 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, and/or return of human 
remains and 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 agreement should be made on the form 
posted on the National NAGPRA Program Web site, and also should include 
all the materials requested on the form. To access and download the 
form, go to http://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 consider a dispute should 
include--
    a. A statement outlining the relevant facts of the dispute, 
including citations of applicable portions of NAGPRA and NAGPRA 
regulations.
    b. Copies of any primary documents that are directly relevant to 
the issues in dispute, including, but not limited to, field notes, 
catalog records, consultation documents, relevant studies, and other 
pertinent data.
    c. A statement describing the requesting party's interpretation of 
the facts.
    d. A statement identifying all interested parties and describing 
the requesting party's understanding of the other party's/parties' 
interpretation of the facts.
    e. A summary of the consultation record.
    f. A statement of previous efforts to resolve the dispute, 
including, where applicable, the results of alternative dispute 
resolution efforts.
    g. Proposed solutions.
    The Review Committee will consider requests received on or before 
February 23, 2009. Send requests 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 May Review Committee meeting will be 
available, on request, approximately ten weeks after the meeting. For a 
transcript, contact the Designated Federal Officer, at David_
Tarler@nps.gov. Information about NAGPRA, the Review Committee, and 
Review Committee meetings is available at the National NAGPRA Program 
Web site, 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 by Section 8 of 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: November 21, 2008.
David Tarler,
Designated Federal Officer, Native American Graves Protection and 
Repatriation Review Committee.
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