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The Committee meeting will be open

to the public. Space and facilities to

accommodate the public are limited and

attendees will be accommodated on a

first-come basis. Anyone may file with

the Committee a written statement

concerning matters to be discussed. The

Committee may also permit attendees to

address the Committee, but may restrict

the length of the presentations, as

necessary to allow the Committee to

complete its agenda within the allotted

time.

Anyone who wishes further

information concerning the meeting, or

who wishes to submit a written

statement, may contact Dayna Hudson,

Office of the Superintendent, Glacier

National Park, P.O. Box 128, West

Glacier, MT 59936 (telephone 406–888–

7972).

Draft minutes of the meeting will be

available for public information 30 days

after the meeting in the Project

Manager’s Office, Park Headquarters,

Glacier National Park, West Glacier, MT.

Dated: February 2, 2000.

Michael D. Snyder,

Acting, Director Intermountain Region.

[FR Doc. 00–2884 Filed 2–8–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–70–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

Native American Graves Protection

and Repatriation Review Committee:

Meeting

AGENCY: National Park Service.

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 April

2, 3, and 4, 2000, in Juneau, Alaska.

The committee will meet at the

Centennial Hall Convention Center;

telephone: 907/586–5283, fax: 907/586–

1135, located at 101 Egan Drive, Juneau,

Alaska. Meetings will begin at 8:30 a.m.

and will end no later than 5:00 p.m.

each day.

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: recommendations for

disposition of culturally unidentifiable

human remains, 1999 Report to

Congress, discussion of Federal agency

compliance, and implementation of the

statute in Alaska.

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. Persons wishing to make a

presentation to the committee should

submit a request to do so by March 3,

2000. Please submit a written abstract of

your presentation and your contact

information. Any member of the public

may also file a written statement for

consideration by the committee by

March 13, 2000. Both written requests

and statements should be addressed to

the committee in care of the Assistant

Director, Cultural Resources

Stewardship and Partnerships.

A block of lodging rooms has been set

aside at the Westmark Baranof (800/

764–0017) and the Goldbelt Hotel (888/

478–6909) at a significantly reduced

rate. Reservations must be booked with

these hotels by March 4, 2000, to

guarantee the reduced rate. Please

reference the National Park Service and

mention that you are attending the

NAGPRA Review Committee Meeting.

Persons wishing further information

concerning this meeting, or who wish to

submit written statements may contact

Mr. John Robbins, Assistant Director,

Cultural Resources Stewardship and

Partnerships, 1849 C St. NW—350 NC,

Washington, DC 20240; telephone: 202/

343–3387; fax: 202/343–5260.

Transcripts of the meeting will be

available for public inspection

approximately eight weeks after the

meeting at the office of the Assistant

Director, Cultural Resources

Stewardship and Partnerships, 800

North Capitol St., NW, Suite 350,

Washington, DC 20013.

Dated: February 2, 2000,

John Robbins,

Assistant Director, Cultural Resources

Stewardship and Partnerships.

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BILLING CODE 4310–70–F

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

Native American Graves Protection

and Repatriation Review Committee:

Findings

AGENCY: National Park Service,

Department of the Interior.

ACTION: NAGPRA Review Committee

Advisory Findings and

Recommendations Regarding Human

Remains and Associated Funerary

Objects in the Control of Chaco Culture

National Historical Park.

After full and careful consideration of

the information and statements

submitted and presented by

representatives of the Hopi Tribe and

Chaco Culture National Historical Park

at its meetings on May 3–5, 1999 and

November 18–20, 1999, the Native

American Graves Protection and

Repatriation Review Committee (Review

Committee) considers that:

1. On May 12, 1999, Chaco Culture

National Historical Park published a

Notice of Inventory Completion

regarding 265 Native American human

remains and 743 funerary objects. The

park determined the human remains

and funerary objects to be culturally

affiliated with the Hopi Tribe of

Arizona; Navajo Nation of Arizona, New

Mexico, and Utah; Pueblo of Acoma,

New Mexico; Pueblo of Cochiti, New

Mexico; Pueblo of Isleta, New Mexico;

Pueblo of Laguna, New Mexico; Pueblo

of Nambe, New Mexico; Pueblo of

Picuris, New Mexico; Pueblo of

Pojoaque, New Mexico; Pueblo of San

Felipe, New Mexico; Pueblo of San

Ildefonso, New Mexico; Pueblo of San

Juan, New Mexico; Pueblo of Sandia,

New Mexico; Pueblo of Santa Ana, New

Mexico; Pueblo of Santa Clara, New

Mexico; Pueblo of Santo Domingo, New

Mexico; Pueblo of Taos, New Mexico;

Pueblo of Tesuque, New Mexico; Pueblo

of Zia, New Mexico; and the Zuni Tribe

of Zuni Reservation, New Mexico.

2. The Hopi Tribe disputed the park’s

determinations of cultural affiliation,

arguing that:

a. Proper tribe-by-tribe consultation

was not performed by the park;

b. The park did not apply a rigorous

standard in weighing the evidence in

making determinations of cultural

affiliation; and

c. Determinations of cultural

affiliation must be made on an objectby-object basis, rather than globally for

the park as a whole.

3. Chaco Culture National Historical

Park answered these objections by

pointing to a nine-year record of tribal

consultations. The park also argued that

there is cultural continuity within

Chaco Canyon dating to the Archaic

Period (pre 1 AD) and that as such, there

was no value in assessing cultural

affiliation for each site individually. The

park defended its determinations of

cultural affiliation on the grounds that

a broad range of both scientific and

traditional evidence had been used. It

was also noted that given the complex

history of Chaco Canyon, and the strong