36462 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 111 / Thursday, June 8, 2000 / Notices

Secretary—Indian Affairs, Department

of the Interior, through his delegated

authority, has approved the Seventh

Renewal of Agreement between the

Northern Cheyenne Tribe and the State

of Montana regarding Class III gaming

on the Northern Cheyenne Reservation

which was executed on April 7, 2000.

DATES: This action is effective upon date

of publication.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

George T. Skibine, Director Office of

Indian Gaming Management, Bureau of

Indian Affairs, Washington, D.C. 20240,

(202) 219–4066.

Dated: May 25, 2000.

Kevin Gover,

Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs.

[FR Doc. 00–14504 Filed 6–7–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[UT–910–00–0777–XQ]

Notice of Meeting of the Utah Resource

Advisory Council

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land

Management’s Utah Statewide Resource

Advisory Council meeting will be held

on June 21–22, 2000. On June 21, the

Council will focus on recreation issues

in northwestern Utah. The RAC will

participate in a field tour of the west

half of Box Elder County and the

northwest corner of Tooele County.

Other resources such as minerals, range

condition, and fire rehabilitation may be

addressed as time allows. They will be

departing from the Bureau of Land

Management’s Salt Lake Field Office,

2370 South 2300 West, Salt Lake City,

at 8 a.m. and concluding the tour in

Wendover, Nevada.

On June 22, the RAC will continue

working on the draft guidelines for

recreation management. This meeting

will be held in the Silver Room of the

Silver Smith Hotel, Wendover, NV, at 8

a.m. and conclude at 4 p.m. with a

public comment period scheduled from

3:30–4.

All meetings of the BLM’s Resource

Advisory Council are open to the

public; however, transportation, meals,

and overnight accommodations are the

responsibility of the participating

public.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Sherry Foot, Special Programs

Coordinator, Utah State Office, Bureau

of Land Management, 324 South State

Street, Salt Lake City, 84111; phone

(801) 539–4195.

Dated: June 2, 2000.

Sally Wisely,

Utah BLM State Director.

[FR Doc. 00–14430 Filed 6–7–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[OR–130–1020–XU; GPO–0245]

Notice of the Meeting of the Eastern

Washington Advisory Council; June

22, 2000, in Spokane, Washington

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Spokane District.

SUMMARY: A meeting of the Eastern

Washington Resource Advisory Council

will be held on June 22, 2000. The

meeting will convene at 9 a.m., at the

Spokane District Office, Bureau of Land

Management, 1103 North Fancher Road,

Spokane, Washington, 99212–1275. The

meeting will adjourn upon conclusion

of business, but no later than 4 p.m.

Public comments will be heard from

10:00 a.m. until 10:30 a.m. If necessary,

to accommodate all wishing to make

public comments, a time limit may be

placed upon each speaker. At an

appropriate time, the meeting will

adjourn for approximately one hour for

lunch. The Topic to be discussed is the

Interior Columbia Basin Ecosystem

Management Project (ICBEMP).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Bureau of Land Management, Spokane

District Office, 1103 N. Fancher Road,

Spokane, Washington, 99212; or call

509–536–1200.

Dated June 2, 2000.

Joseph K. Buesing,

District Manager.

[FR Doc. 00–14431 Filed 6–7–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

Recommendations Regarding the

Disposition of Culturally Unidentifiable

Native American Human Remains

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior

ACTION: Notice

The Native American Graves

Protection and Repatriation Act directs

the Secretary of the Interior to establish

and maintain an advisory committee

composed of seven private citizens

nominated by Indian tribes, Native

Hawaiian organizations, and national

museum organizations and scientific

organizations [25 U.S.C. 3006]. One of

the review committee’s responsibilities

is to make recommendations regarding

specific actions for developing a process

for the disposal of culturally

unidentifiable Native American human

remains in the possession or control of

museums and Federal agencies [25

U.S.C. 3006 (c)(5)]. After lengthy

deliberations, the committee makes the

following recommendations.

A. Intent of NAGPRA

1. The legislative intent of the Native

American Graves Protection and

Repatriation Act of 1990 (NAGPRA) is

stated by the title of the statute.

Repatriation means the return of control

over human remains and cultural items

to Indian tribes and Native Hawaiian

organizations.

2. Specifically, the statute required:

a. The disposition of all Native

American human remains and cultural

items excavated on or removed from

Federal lands after November 16, 1990

[25 U.S.C. 3002 (d)(2)]. Disposition is

based on linkages of lineal descent,

tribal land, cultural affiliation, or

aboriginal land.

b. The repatriation of culturally

affiliated human remains and associated

funerary objects in Federal agency and

museum collections if requested by a

culturally affiliated Indian tribe or

Native Hawaiian organization [25 U.S.C.

3005]. Repatriation is based on linkages

of lineal descent or cultural affiliation.

c. The development of regulations for

the disposition of unclaimed human

remains and objects [25 U.S.C. 3002

(3)(b)] and culturally unidentifiable

human remains in Federal agency and

museum collections [25 U.S.C. 3006].

3. Although the legal standing of

funerary objects associated with

culturally unidentifiable human

remains is not addressed in NAGPRA,

the statute does not prohibit their

voluntary repatriation by museums or

Federal agencies to the extent allowed

by Federal law.

4. The statute acknowledges the

legitimate need to return control over

ancestral remains and funerary objects

to Native people, and the legitimate

public interest in the educational,

historical, and scientific information

conveyed by those remains and objects

[25 U.S.C. 3002 (3)(b) and 3006 (8)(b)].

5. While the statute does not always

specify repatriation, it is implicit that

the process be guided by the rights and

needs of Indian tribes and Native

Hawaiian organizations.

B. Culturally Unidentifiable Human

Remains