DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

     National Park Service

     Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Review Committee:
     Meeting

     Agency:  National Park Service, Interior
     Action:  Notice

     Notice is hereby given in accordance with the Federal Advisory
     Committee Act (FACA), 5 U.S.C. Appendix (1988), that a meeting of the
     Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Review Committee
     will be held on June 25 - 27, 1998 in Portland, Oregon.

     The Committee will meet in the colonel Lindberg room at the Downtown
     Portland Embassy Suites hotel; telephone:  503/279-9000, fax:
     503/497-9051, located at 319 SW Pine Street in Portland, Oregon.
     Meetings will begin each day at 8:30 a.m., and will end at not later
     than 5:00 p.m. on Thursday and Friday and at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday.

     The Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Review
     Committee was established by Public Law 101-601 to monitor, review,
     and assist in implementation of the inventory and identification
     process and repatriation activities required under the Native American
     Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA).

     The agenda for this meeting will include an update on Federal agency
     compliance with the statute, the disposition of culturally
     unidentifiable human remains, and the status of implementation in the
     Pacific Northwest region of the United States.

     This meeting will be open to the public.  However, facilities and
     space for accommodating members of the public are limited.  Persons
     will be accommodated on a first-come, first-served basis.  A small
     block of rooms has been set aside at the Downtown Portland Embassy
     Suites hotel, at both a reduced rate and a slightly lower rate for
     government employees.  Reservations must be booked by May 25 to
     reserve at the blocked rate.  Please mention that you will be
     attending the NAGPRA Review committee Meeting.  Any member of the
     public may file a written statement concerning matters to be discussed
     with Dr. Francis P. McManamon, Departmental Consulting Archeologist.

     Persons wishing further information concerning this meeting, or who
     wish to submit written statements may contact Dr. Francis P.
     McManamon, Departmental Consulting Archeologist, National Park
     Service, 1849 C Street, NW, NC340, Washington, DC 20240; telephone:
     202/343-8161.  Transcripts of the meeting will be available for public
     inspection approximately eight weeks after the meeting at the office
     of the Departmental Consulting Archeologist, 800 North Capitol St.,
     NW, Suite 340, Washington, DC.

     Dated:  April 2, 1998
     Francis P. McManamon,
     Departmental Consulting Archeologist,
     Manager, Archeology and Ethnography Program.

     [Federal Register, Vol 63, No. 72, Wednesday, April 15, 1998, Notices,
     page 18441]