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]
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