[Federal Register: April 30, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 82)]
[Notices]
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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: David_Tarler@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.
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 David_
Tarler@nps.gov. 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.
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