Consultation on regulations regarding the disposition of unclaimed Native American cultural items excavated or discovered on Federal or tribal lands after November 16, 1990, pursuant to provisions of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 58741-58742 [05-20201]
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Chief Cadastral Surveyor.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Consultation on regulations regarding
the disposition of unclaimed Native
American cultural items excavated or
discovered on Federal or tribal lands
after November 16, 1990, pursuant to
provisions of the Native American
Graves Protection and Repatriation Act
(NAGPRA)
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice of consultation.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
SUMMARY: This notice announces three
consultation meetings that will be held
to obtain oral and written
recommendations on regulations to be
drafted regarding the disposition of
unclaimed Native American cultural
items that are excavated or discovered
on Federal or tribal lands after
November 16, 1990 [43 CFR 10.7].
DATES: The three consultation meetings
are scheduled for November 15–17,
2005:
1. Tribal consultation: November 15,
2005, 8:30 a.m. to noon, Albuquerque,
NM. Authorized representatives of
Indian tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations and traditional Native
American religious leaders are invited
to participate in this meeting. Tribal
representatives wishing to make a
public presentation at this session
should submit a request to do so by
November 11, 2005, including evidence
that you are authorized to speak on
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behalf of an Indian tribe or Native
Hawaiian organization. This meeting
supports the Secretary of the Interior’s
administrative policy on tribal
consultation by encouraging maximum
direct participation of representatives of
tribal governments on important
Departmental issues and processes.
2. Museum consultation: November
15, 2005, 1:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.,
Albuquerque, NM. Authorized
representatives of museums and
national museum and scientific
organizations are invited to participate
in this meeting. This meeting supports
the Secretary of the Interior’s
responsibility to consult with museums
and the scientific community in the
development of these regulations.
Museum representatives wishing to
make a public presentation at this
session should submit a request to do so
by November 11, 2005, including
evidence that you are authorized to
speak on behalf of a museum or national
museum or scientific organization.
3. Review Committee consultation:
November 16–17, 2005, Albuquerque,
NM. This meeting supports the
Department of the Interior’s
responsibility to consult with the
Review Committee regarding the
development of regulations. Time will
be scheduled during the Review
Committee meeting for members of the
public to provide oral and written
recommendations. Members of the
public wishing to make a public
presentation at the Review Committee
meeting should submit a request to do
so by November 11, 2005.
Requests to make presentations at any
of the sessions should be faxed to (202)
371–5197 by November 11, 2005.
Written comments may be mailed to
Sherry Hutt, Manager, National
NAGPRA Program, National Park
Service, 1849 C Street NW, Washington,
DC 20240. Comments may also be faxed
to Sherry Hutt at (202) 371–5197.
Written comments should be
postmarked or faxed no later than
November 30, 2005.
ADDRESSES: The consultation sessions
will be held at the Cochiti/Taos Room,
Albuquerque Convention Center, 401
Second Street NW, Albuquerque, NM
87102. A block of lodging rooms has
been set-aside at a reduced rate at the
Double Tree Hotel, which is adjacent to
the Convention Center. Reservations for
rooms in this block may be made by
calling (505) 247–3344 and referencing
the National NAGPRA Program.
Reservations must be made by October
31, 2005, to guarantee the reduced rate
available for persons attending this
meeting.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Sherry Hutt, Manager, National
NAGPRA Program, National Park
Service, 1849 C Street NW, Washington,
DC 20240, telephone: (202) 354–1479.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
purpose of the consultation meetings is
to provide Native American
organizations, museums and the
scientific community, and the Native
American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Review Committee with an
opportunity to consult on forthcoming
regulations regarding the disposition of
unclaimed Native American cultural
items excavated or discovered on
Federal or tribal lands after November
16, 1990.
The Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act
provides criteria for determining the
ownership of Native American cultural
items that are excavated or discovered
on Federal or tribal lands after
November 16, 1990 [25 U.S.C. 3002 (a)].
The Secretary of the Interior clarified
the ownership criteria by regulations
published in 1995 [Federal Register
Vol.60, no. 232, pages 62163–62164].
Ownership of such items is, with
priority given in the order listed:
(1) In the case of human remains and
associated funerary objects, in the lineal
descendant of the deceased individual;
(2) In cases where the lineal
descendant cannot be ascertained or no
claim is made, and with respect to
unassociated funerary objects, sacred
objects, and objects of cultural
patrimony:
(i) In the Indian tribe on whose tribal
land the human remains, funerary
objects, sacred objects, or objects of
cultural patrimony were discovered
inadvertently;
(ii) In the Indian tribe or Native
Hawaiian organization that has the
closest cultural affiliation with the
human remains, funerary objects, sacred
objects, or objects of cultural patrimony;
(iii) In circumstances in which the
cultural affiliation of the human
remains, funerary objects, sacred
objects, or objects of cultural patrimony
cannot be ascertained and the objects
were discovered inadvertently on
Federal land that is recognized by a
final judgment of the Indian Claims
Commission or the United States Court
of Claims as the aboriginal land of an
Indian tribe:
(A) In the Indian tribe aboriginally
occupying the Federal land on which
the human remains, funerary objects,
sacred objects, or objects of cultural
patrimony were discovered, or
(B) If it can be shown that a different
Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian
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organization has a stronger cultural
relationship with the human remains,
funerary objects, sacred objects, or
objects of cultural patrimony, in the
Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization that has the strongest
demonstrated relationship with the
objects [43 CFR 10.6 (a)].
The Act directs that Native American
cultural items not claimed under
subsection (a) shall be disposed of in
accordance with regulations
promulgated by the Secretary of the
Interior in consultation with the Review
Committee, Native American groups,
representatives of museums, and the
scientific community [25 U.S.C. 3002
(b)]. One section of the regulations was
reserved for procedures to effect the
disposition of Native American cultural
items that are not claimed [43 CFR
10.7].
Participants in the consultation
meetings are requested to comment on
the following issues:
(1) How should the regulations deal
with the distinction between cultural
items for which ownership or control
has been ascertained pursuant to 43 CFR
10.6 (a) but the identified lineal
descendant, Indian tribe, or Native
Hawaiian organization has not claimed
the cultural items and cultural items for
which ownership or control cannot be
ascertained pursuant to 43 CFR 10.6 (a)?
(2) How long may a cultural item
removed from Federal land after
November 16, 1990 remain in Federal
agency possession before it is
considered unclaimed?
(3) What are the appropriate
dispositions for unclaimed cultural
items?
(4) How should the regulations deal
with the management, preservation, and
use of unclaimed cultural items?
Dated: September 23, 2005
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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National Park Service
Native American Graves Protection
and Repatriation Review Committee:
Meeting
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
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
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Consultation on regulations regarding the disposition of
unclaimed Native American cultural items excavated or discovered on
Federal or tribal lands after November 16, 1990, pursuant to provisions
of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA)
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of consultation.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces three consultation meetings that will be
held to obtain oral and written recommendations on regulations to be
drafted regarding the disposition of unclaimed Native American cultural
items that are excavated or discovered on Federal or tribal lands after
November 16, 1990 [43 CFR 10.7].
DATES: The three consultation meetings are scheduled for November 15-
17, 2005:
1. Tribal consultation: November 15, 2005, 8:30 a.m. to noon,
Albuquerque, NM. Authorized representatives of Indian tribes and Native
Hawaiian organizations and traditional Native American religious
leaders are invited to participate in this meeting. Tribal
representatives wishing to make a public presentation at this session
should submit a request to do so by November 11, 2005, including
evidence that you are authorized to speak on
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behalf of an Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian organization. This meeting
supports the Secretary of the Interior's administrative policy on
tribal consultation by encouraging maximum direct participation of
representatives of tribal governments on important Departmental issues
and processes.
2. Museum consultation: November 15, 2005, 1:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.,
Albuquerque, NM. Authorized representatives of museums and national
museum and scientific organizations are invited to participate in this
meeting. This meeting supports the Secretary of the Interior's
responsibility to consult with museums and the scientific community in
the development of these regulations. Museum representatives wishing to
make a public presentation at this session should submit a request to
do so by November 11, 2005, including evidence that you are authorized
to speak on behalf of a museum or national museum or scientific
organization.
3. Review Committee consultation: November 16-17, 2005,
Albuquerque, NM. This meeting supports the Department of the Interior's
responsibility to consult with the Review Committee regarding the
development of regulations. Time will be scheduled during the Review
Committee meeting for members of the public to provide oral and written
recommendations. Members of the public wishing to make a public
presentation at the Review Committee meeting should submit a request to
do so by November 11, 2005.
Requests to make presentations at any of the sessions should be
faxed to (202) 371-5197 by November 11, 2005.
Written comments may be mailed to Sherry Hutt, Manager, National
NAGPRA Program, National Park Service, 1849 C Street NW, Washington, DC
20240. Comments may also be faxed to Sherry Hutt at (202) 371-5197.
Written comments should be postmarked or faxed no later than November
30, 2005.
ADDRESSES: The consultation sessions will be held at the Cochiti/Taos
Room, Albuquerque Convention Center, 401 Second Street NW, Albuquerque,
NM 87102. A block of lodging rooms has been set-aside at a reduced rate
at the Double Tree Hotel, which is adjacent to the Convention Center.
Reservations for rooms in this block may be made by calling (505) 247-
3344 and referencing the National NAGPRA Program. Reservations must be
made by October 31, 2005, to guarantee the reduced rate available for
persons attending this meeting.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sherry Hutt, Manager, National NAGPRA
Program, National Park Service, 1849 C Street NW, Washington, DC 20240,
telephone: (202) 354-1479.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the consultation meetings is
to provide Native American organizations, museums and the scientific
community, and the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation
Review Committee with an opportunity to consult on forthcoming
regulations regarding the disposition of unclaimed Native American
cultural items excavated or discovered on Federal or tribal lands after
November 16, 1990.
The Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act provides
criteria for determining the ownership of Native American cultural
items that are excavated or discovered on Federal or tribal lands after
November 16, 1990 [25 U.S.C. 3002 (a)]. The Secretary of the Interior
clarified the ownership criteria by regulations published in 1995
[Federal Register Vol.60, no. 232, pages 62163-62164]. Ownership of
such items is, with priority given in the order listed:
(1) In the case of human remains and associated funerary objects,
in the lineal descendant of the deceased individual;
(2) In cases where the lineal descendant cannot be ascertained or
no claim is made, and with respect to unassociated funerary objects,
sacred objects, and objects of cultural patrimony:
(i) In the Indian tribe on whose tribal land the human remains,
funerary objects, sacred objects, or objects of cultural patrimony were
discovered inadvertently;
(ii) In the Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian organization that has
the closest cultural affiliation with the human remains, funerary
objects, sacred objects, or objects of cultural patrimony;
(iii) In circumstances in which the cultural affiliation of the
human remains, funerary objects, sacred objects, or objects of cultural
patrimony cannot be ascertained and the objects were discovered
inadvertently on Federal land that is recognized by a final judgment of
the Indian Claims Commission or the United States Court of Claims as
the aboriginal land of an Indian tribe:
(A) In the Indian tribe aboriginally occupying the Federal land on
which the human remains, funerary objects, sacred objects, or objects
of cultural patrimony were discovered, or
(B) If it can be shown that a different Indian tribe or Native
Hawaiian organization has a stronger cultural relationship with the
human remains, funerary objects, sacred objects, or objects of cultural
patrimony, in the Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian organization that has
the strongest demonstrated relationship with the objects [43 CFR 10.6
(a)].
The Act directs that Native American cultural items not claimed
under subsection (a) shall be disposed of in accordance with
regulations promulgated by the Secretary of the Interior in
consultation with the Review Committee, Native American groups,
representatives of museums, and the scientific community [25 U.S.C.
3002 (b)]. One section of the regulations was reserved for procedures
to effect the disposition of Native American cultural items that are
not claimed [43 CFR 10.7].
Participants in the consultation meetings are requested to comment
on the following issues:
(1) How should the regulations deal with the distinction between
cultural items for which ownership or control has been ascertained
pursuant to 43 CFR 10.6 (a) but the identified lineal descendant,
Indian tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization has not claimed the
cultural items and cultural items for which ownership or control cannot
be ascertained pursuant to 43 CFR 10.6 (a)?
(2) How long may a cultural item removed from Federal land after
November 16, 1990 remain in Federal agency possession before it is
considered unclaimed?
(3) What are the appropriate dispositions for unclaimed cultural
items?
(4) How should the regulations deal with the management,
preservation, and use of unclaimed cultural items?
Dated: September 23, 2005
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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