[Federal Register: April 15, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 72)]
[Notices]               
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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 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 Pub. L. 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 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.
[FR Doc. 98-9863 Filed 4-14-98; 8:45 am]
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