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the Mount Diablo Meridian, in the State

of Nevada, under Group No. 733, was

accepted August 12, 1997.

This survey was executed to meet

certain needs of Clark County.

5. The Plat of Survey of the following

described lands was officially filed at

the Nevada State Office, Reno, Nevada,

on September 11, 1997:

The plat, representing the entire

survey record of the corrective resurvey

of a portion of the subdivision-ofsection lines of section 18, Township 14

North, Range 25 East, of the Mount

Diablo Meridian, in the State of Nevada,

under Group No. 762, was accepted

September 9, 1997.

This survey was executed to meet

certain needs of the Bureau of Land

Management.

6. The above-listed surveys are now

the basic records for describing the

lands for all authorized purposes. These

surveys have been placed in the open

files in the BLM Nevada State Office

and are available to the public as a

matter of information. Copies of the

surveys and related field notes may be

furnished to the public upon payment of

the appropriate fees.

Dated: September 30, 1997.

Robert H. Thompson,

Acting Chief Cadastral Surveyor, Nevada.

[FR Doc. 97–26968 Filed 10–9–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–HC–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

Native American Graves Protection

and Repatriation Review Committee:

Meeting

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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

January 29, 30, and 31, 1998, in

Washington, DC.

The Committee will meet in the

Ambassador Room of the Embassy Row

Hilton Hotel; telephone: (202) 265–

1600, fax: (202) 328–7526. Meetings will

begin each day at 8:30 am and conclude

not later than 5:00 pm.

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 Native American Graves Protection

and Repatriation Act.

The agenda for this meeting will

include: development of a list of

persons from which the Secretary will

appoint the seventh member of the

committee; Federal compliance with the

statute; disposition of culturally

unidentifiable human remains; and the

status of national implementation.

The 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, firstserved basis. Some lodging will be

available at the Embassy Row Hilton

Hotel. 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 (2275), 1849 C St.

NW, 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: September 29, 1997.

Francis P. McManamon,

Departmental Consulting Archeologist,

Manager, Archeology and Ethnography

Program.

[FR Doc. 97–26870 Filed 10–9–97 ; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–70–F

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

Notice of Intent to Repatriate Cultural

Items From the Island of Hawaii in the

Possession of the Bernice Puahi

Bishop Museum, Honolulu, HI

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

Notice is hereby given under the

Native American Graves Protection and

Repatriation Act, 43 CFR 10.10 (a)(3), of

the intent to repatriate cultural items in

the possession of the Bernice Puahi

Bishop Museum, Honolulu, HI which

meet the definition of ‘‘unassociated

funerary objects’’ under Section 2 of the

Act.

The 53 cultural items include pieces

or fragments of burial kapa cloth, a

stick, an amulet, cordage, gourd water

bottles, coconut cups, wooden bowls, a

burial mat, a float net, a canoe part,

fishhooks, pieces of matting, and netting

samples.

In 1889, 30 items including pieces or

fragments of burial kapa cloth, a stick,

an amulet, cordage, gourd water bottles,

coconut cups, and wooden bowls were

purchased by the Bishop Museum from

Joseph S. Emerson as part of the original

collections of the Bishop Museum. In

1904, additional kapa fragments were

received by the Bishop Museum from

Mr. Emerson. Catalog information lists

their locality as Hawaii.

In 1929, eleven items including pieces

of burial kapa, cordage, and a burial mat

were received in an exchange with Mr.

Theodore T. Dranga. Catalog

information lists their locality as

Hawaii.

In 1931, four items including a

pillow, a container, a float net, and a

canoe part were donated to the Bishop

Museum by Ms. Marcia Brown

Richards. Catalog information lists their

locality as Hawaii.

In 1939, one item consisting of burial

kapa fragments was donated to the

Bishop Museum by Mr. Julius S.

Rodman. Catalog information lists their

locality as Hawaii.

In 1940, three items including two

fishhooks and kapa samples were

donated to the Bishop Museum by Mr.

Keith K. Jones. Catalog information lists

their locality as Hawaii.

In 1960, one item consisting of kapa

samples were donated to the Bishop

Museum by Mrs. Cy Gillette. Catalog

information lists their locality as

Hawaii.

In 1985, three items including

samples of mat, cordage, and netting

were collected by Bishop Museum staff

from burial sites in Kalala, Kohala, HI.

Based on known Native Hawaiian

tradition and practices, these items are

consistent with Native Hawaiian

funerary objects. Consultation evidence

presented by Hui Malama I Na Kupuna

O Hawai’i Nei supports the conclusion

that these items were placed with

human remains.

Officials of the Bishop Museum have

determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C.

3001 (3)(B), these 53 cultural items 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 and are

believed, by a preponderance of the

evidence, to have been removed from a

specific burial site of an Native

American individual. Officials of the

Bishop Museum have also determined