[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 162 (Tuesday, August 20, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 43070]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-21104]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Review
Committee: Meeting
AGENCY: National Park Service, Department of the Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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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 Act Review Committee
will be held on November 1, 2 and 3, 1996 in Myrtle Beach, SC.
The Committee will meet at the Sands Ocean Club Resort 9550 Shore
Dr., Myrtle Beach, SC 29572, telephone (800) 845-0633 fax (803) 497-
3835. Meetings will begin each day at 8:30 a.m. and conclude not later
than 5:00 p.m.
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 statute.
On the agenda for this meeting will be: discussion of the
committee's draft recommendations regarding the disposition of
culturally unidentifiable human remains in museums and Federal
collections; dicussions with disputants over the disposition of an
Oneida wampum belt currently in the possession of the Field Museum of
Natural History, Chicago; review of documentation related to a dispute
over a Hawaiian object currently in the possession of the Museum of
Natural History at Roger Williams Park, Providence; the committee's
1995-1996 report to Congress; and public comment on implementation of
the statute in the Southeastern United States.
The meeting will be open to the public. However, facilities and
space for accommodating members of the public are limited. Any member
of the public may file a written statement concerning the 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, Archeology and Ethnography
Program (MS2275), National Park Service, P.O. Box 37127 Washington,
D.C. 20013-7127, Telephone (202) 343-4101. Draft summary minutes of the
meeting will be available for public inspection about eight weeks after
the meeting at the office of the Departmental Consulting Archeologist,
Suite 210, 800 North Capital Street, Washington, D.C.
Dated: August 14, 1996.
Veletta Canouts,
Acting, Departmental Consulting Archeologist,
Deputy Chief, Archeology and Ethnography Program.
[FR Doc. 96-21104 Filed 8-19-96; 8:45 am]
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