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Aleut from Atka Island are members of
the Atxam Corporation and Native
Village of Atka.
Officials of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, Region 7 have determined that,
pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9–10), the
human remains described above
represent the physical remains of two
individuals of Native American
ancestry. Officials of the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, Region 7 also have
determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C.
3001 (3)(A), the 18 objects described
above are reasonably believed to have
been placed with or near individual
human remains at the time of death or
later as part of the death rite or
ceremony. Lastly, officials of the U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service, Region 7
have determined that, pursuant to 25
U.S.C. 3001 (2), there is a relationship
of shared group identity that can be
reasonably traced between the Native
American human remains and
associated funerary objects and the
Atxam Corporation and Native Village
of Atka.
Representatives of any other Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the human remains and
associated funerary objects should
contact Debra Corbett, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, 1011 East Tudor Road,
Anchorage, AK 99503, telephone (907)
786–3399, before August 13, 2008.
Repatriation of the human remains and
associated funerary objects to the Native
Village of Atka, represented by the Atka
IRA Council and Atxam Corporation,
may proceed after that date if no
additional claimants come forward.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,
Region 7 is responsible for notifying the
Aleut Corporation; Aleutian/Pribilof
Islands Association, Inc.; and Native
Village of Atka, represented by the Atka
IRA Council and Atxam Corporation
that this notice has been published.
Dated: June 5, 2008
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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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
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meeting of the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Review
Committee (Review Committee). The
Review Committee will meet on October
11-12, 2008, at the Sheraton Suites San
Diego at Symphony Hall, 701 A Street,
San Diego, CA 92101. Meeting sessions
will begin at 8:30 a.m. and end at 5:00
p.m. each day.
The agenda for the meeting includes
an update on National NAGPRA
Program activities during the second
half of fiscal year 2008; activity reports
from the National NAGPRA Program as
requested by the Review Committee; an
update and Review Committee
recommendations on development of
the draft proposed rule for disposition
of unclaimed cultural items excavated
or removed from Federal or tribal lands
after November 16, 1990 (to be codified
at 43 CFR 10.7); requests for
recommendations regarding the
disposition of culturally unidentifiable
human remains; presentations and
statements by Indian tribes, Native
Hawaiian organizations, museums,
Federal agencies, and the public; and
the selection of dates and a site for the
autumn 2009 meeting.
A detailed agenda for this meeting
will be posted by September 11, 2008,
at https://www.nps.gov/history/nagpra/.
A request to make a presentation
before the Review Committee at the
October meeting will be considered if it
is received, in writing, by the close of
business on September 1, 2008. The
request must include an abstract of the
presentation and contact information for
the presenter(s). Likewise, a written
statement will be accepted for
consideration by the Review Committee
at the October meeting if it is received
by close of business on September 1,
2008. Send presentation requests and
statements by U.S. Postal Service mail
or commercial delivery to: Designated
Federal Officer, NAGPRA Review
Committee, National Park Service National NAGPRA Program (2253), 1201
Eye Street, NW, 8th Floor, Washington,
DC 20005. In order to insure that
presentation requests and statements are
received in a timely manner, it is
recommended that these documents
also be sent via fax, to (202) 371-5197.
The transcript of a Review Committee
meeting is available for distribution
approximately eight weeks from the
date of the meeting. For a written
transcript, contact the Designated
Federal Officer at the above listed
address. To request an electronic copy
of a meeting transcript, contact
DavidlTarler@nps.gov. Information
about NAGPRA, the Review Committee,
and Review Committee meetings is
available at the National NAGPRA
PO 00000
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website, https://www.nps.gov/history/
nagpra/. For the Review Committee’s
meeting procedures, select ‘‘Review
Committee,’’ then select ‘‘Procedures.’’\
The Review Committee was
established by the Native American
Graves Protection and Repatriation Act
of 1990 (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 30013013. 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 makingrecommendations
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: June 26, 2008
David Tarler
Designated Federal Officer,
Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Review Committee.
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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 11-12, 2008, at
the Sheraton Suites San Diego at Symphony Hall, 701 A Street, San
Diego, CA 92101. Meeting sessions will begin at 8:30 a.m. and end at
5:00 p.m. each day.
The agenda for the meeting includes an update on National NAGPRA
Program activities during the second half of fiscal year 2008; activity
reports from the National NAGPRA Program as requested by the Review
Committee; an update and Review Committee recommendations on
development of the draft proposed rule for disposition of unclaimed
cultural items excavated or removed from Federal or tribal lands after
November 16, 1990 (to be codified at 43 CFR 10.7); requests for
recommendations regarding the disposition of culturally unidentifiable
human remains; presentations and statements by Indian tribes, Native
Hawaiian organizations, museums, Federal agencies, and the public; and
the selection of dates and a site for the autumn 2009 meeting.
A detailed agenda for this meeting will be posted by September 11,
2008, at https://www.nps.gov/history/nagpra/.
A request to make a presentation before the Review Committee at the
October meeting will be considered if it is received, in writing, by
the close of business on September 1, 2008. The request must include an
abstract of the presentation and contact information for the
presenter(s). Likewise, a written statement will be accepted for
consideration by the Review Committee at the October meeting if it is
received by close of business on September 1, 2008. Send presentation
requests and statements by U.S. Postal Service mail or commercial
delivery to: Designated Federal Officer, NAGPRA Review Committee,
National Park Service [macr] National NAGPRA Program (2253), 1201 Eye
Street, NW, 8th Floor, Washington, DC 20005. In order to insure that
presentation requests and statements are received in a timely manner,
it is recommended that these documents also be sent via fax, to (202)
371-5197.
The transcript of a Review Committee meeting is available for
distribution approximately eight weeks from the date of the meeting.
For a written transcript, contact the Designated Federal Officer at the
above listed address. To request an electronic copy of a meeting
transcript, contact David_Tarler@nps.gov. Information about NAGPRA,
the Review Committee, and Review Committee meetings is available at the
National NAGPRA website, https://www.nps.gov/history/nagpra/. For the
Review Committee's meeting procedures, select ``Review Committee,''
then select ``Procedures.''\
The Review Committee was established by the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act of 1990 (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3001-3013.
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 makingrecommendations 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: June 26, 2008
David Tarler
Designated Federal Officer,
Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Review
Committee.
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