58742 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 194 / Friday, October 7, 2005 / Notices 

behalf of an Indian tribe or Native 

Hawaiian organization. This meeting 

supports the Secretary of the Interior’s 

administrative policy on tribal 

consultation by encouraging maximum 

direct participation of representatives of 

tribal governments on important 

Departmental issues and processes. 

2. Museum consultation: November 

15, 2005, 1:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., 

Albuquerque, NM. Authorized 

representatives of museums and 

national museum and scientific 

organizations are invited to participate 

in this meeting. This meeting supports 

the Secretary of the Interior’s 

responsibility to consult with museums 

and the scientific community in the 

development of these regulations. 

Museum representatives wishing to 

make a public presentation at this 

session should submit a request to do so 

by November 11, 2005, including 

evidence that you are authorized to 

speak on behalf of a museum or national 

museum or scientific organization. 

3. Review Committee consultation: 

November 16–17, 2005, Albuquerque, 

NM. This meeting supports the 

Department of the Interior’s 

responsibility to consult with the 

Review Committee regarding the 

development of regulations. Time will 

be scheduled during the Review 

Committee meeting for members of the 

public to provide oral and written 

recommendations. Members of the 

public wishing to make a public 

presentation at the Review Committee 

meeting should submit a request to do 

so by November 11, 2005. 

Requests to make presentations at any 

of the sessions should be faxed to (202) 

371–5197 by November 11, 2005. 

Written comments may be mailed to 

Sherry Hutt, Manager, National 

NAGPRA Program, National Park 

Service, 1849 C Street NW, Washington, 

DC 20240. Comments may also be faxed 

to Sherry Hutt at (202) 371–5197. 

Written comments should be 

postmarked or faxed no later than 

November 30, 2005. 

ADDRESSES: The consultation sessions 

will be held at the Cochiti/Taos Room, 

Albuquerque Convention Center, 401 

Second Street NW, Albuquerque, NM 

87102. A block of lodging rooms has 

been set-aside at a reduced rate at the 

Double Tree Hotel, which is adjacent to 

the Convention Center. Reservations for 

rooms in this block may be made by 

calling (505) 247–3344 and referencing 

the National NAGPRA Program. 

Reservations must be made by October 

31, 2005, to guarantee the reduced rate 

available for persons attending this 

meeting. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Sherry Hutt, Manager, National 

NAGPRA Program, National Park 

Service, 1849 C Street NW, Washington, 

DC 20240, telephone: (202) 354–1479. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

purpose of the consultation meetings is 

to provide Native American 

organizations, museums and the 

scientific community, and the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Review Committee with an 

opportunity to consult on forthcoming 

regulations regarding the disposition of 

unclaimed Native American cultural 

items excavated or discovered on 

Federal or tribal lands after November 

16, 1990. 

The Native American Graves 

Protection and Repatriation Act 

provides criteria for determining the 

ownership of Native American cultural 

items that are excavated or discovered 

on Federal or tribal lands after 

November 16, 1990 [25 U.S.C. 3002 (a)]. 

The Secretary of the Interior clarified 

the ownership criteria by regulations 

published in 1995 [Federal Register 

Vol.60, no. 232, pages 62163–62164]. 

Ownership of such items is, with 

priority given in the order listed: 

(1) In the case of human remains and 

associated funerary objects, in the lineal 

descendant of the deceased individual; 

(2) In cases where the lineal 

descendant cannot be ascertained or no 

claim is made, and with respect to 

unassociated funerary objects, sacred 

objects, and objects of cultural 

patrimony: 

(i) In the Indian tribe on whose tribal 

land the human remains, funerary 

objects, sacred objects, or objects of 

cultural patrimony were discovered 

inadvertently; 

(ii) In the Indian tribe or Native 

Hawaiian organization that has the 

closest cultural affiliation with the 

human remains, funerary objects, sacred 

objects, or objects of cultural patrimony; 

(iii) In circumstances in which the 

cultural affiliation of the human 

remains, funerary objects, sacred 

objects, or objects of cultural patrimony 

cannot be ascertained and the objects 

were discovered inadvertently on 

Federal land that is recognized by a 

final judgment of the Indian Claims 

Commission or the United States Court 

of Claims as the aboriginal land of an 

Indian tribe: 

(A) In the Indian tribe aboriginally 

occupying the Federal land on which 

the human remains, funerary objects, 

sacred objects, or objects of cultural 

patrimony were discovered, or 

(B) If it can be shown that a different 

Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian 

organization has a stronger cultural 

relationship with the human remains, 

funerary objects, sacred objects, or 

objects of cultural patrimony, in the 

Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian 

organization that has the strongest 

demonstrated relationship with the 

objects [43 CFR 10.6 (a)]. 

The Act directs that Native American 

cultural items not claimed under 

subsection (a) shall be disposed of in 

accordance with regulations 

promulgated by the Secretary of the 

Interior in consultation with the Review 

Committee, Native American groups, 

representatives of museums, and the 

scientific community [25 U.S.C. 3002 

(b)]. One section of the regulations was 

reserved for procedures to effect the 

disposition of Native American cultural 

items that are not claimed [43 CFR 

10.7]. 

Participants in the consultation 

meetings are requested to comment on 

the following issues: 

(1) How should the regulations deal 

with the distinction between cultural 

items for which ownership or control 

has been ascertained pursuant to 43 CFR 

10.6 (a) but the identified lineal 

descendant, Indian tribe, or Native 

Hawaiian organization has not claimed 

the cultural items and cultural items for 

which ownership or control cannot be 

ascertained pursuant to 43 CFR 10.6 (a)? 

(2) How long may a cultural item 

removed from Federal land after 

November 16, 1990 remain in Federal 

agency possession before it is 

considered unclaimed? 

(3) What are the appropriate 

dispositions for unclaimed cultural 

items? 

(4) How should the regulations deal 

with the management, preservation, and 

use of unclaimed cultural items? 

Dated: September 23, 2005 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 05–20201 Filed 10–6–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–50–S 

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 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 

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Committee. The Review Committee will 

meet on November 16–17, 2005, in the 

Cochiti/Taos Room, Albuquerque 

Convention Center, 401 Second Street 

NW, Albuquerque, NM 87102, 

telephone (505) 768–4575. Meeting 

sessions will begin at approximately 

8:30 a.m. and end at approximately 5:00 

p.m each day. The agenda for the 

meeting includes an update on the 

status of national implementation of the 

Act; consultation on regulations 

regarding the disposition of unclaimed 

Native American cultural items 

excavated or discovered on Federal or 

tribal lands after November 16, 1990; 

consideration of requests for 

recommendations regarding the 

disposition of culturally unidentifiable 

human remains; discussion of the 

Review Committee’s recommendations 

to Congress for 2005; discussion of the 

Review Committee’s procedures for 

meetings, findings, and disputes; and 

presentations and statements by Indian 

tribes, Native Hawaiian organizations, 

museums, Federal agencies, and the 

public. 

A block of lodging rooms has been 

set-aside at a reduced rate at the Double 

Tree Hotel, which is adjacent to the 

Convention Center. Reservations for 

rooms in this block may be made by 

calling (505) 247–3344 and referencing 

the National NAGPRA Program. 

Reservations must be made by October 

31, 2005, to guarantee the reduced rate 

available for persons attending this 

meeting. 

To schedule a presentation to the 

Review Committee during the meeting, 

submit a written request with an 

abstract of the presentation and contact 

information. Persons also may submit 

written statements for consideration by 

the Review Committee during the 

meeting. Send requests and statements 

to the Designated Federal Officer, 

NAGPRA Review Committee by U.S. 

Mail to the National Park Service, 1849 

C Street NW (2253), Washington, DC 

20240; or by commercial delivery to the 

National Park Service, 1201 Eye Street 

NW, 8th floor, Washington, DC 20005. 

Because increased security in the 

Washington, DC, area may delay 

delivery of U.S. Mail to Government 

offices, copies of mailed requests and 

statements should also be faxed to (202) 

371–5197. 

Transcripts of Review Committee 

meetings are available approximately 8 

weeks after each meeting at the National 

NAGPRA Program office, 1201 Eye 

Street NW, Washington, DC. To request 

electronic copies of meeting transcripts, 

send an e-mail message to 

TimlMcKeown@nps.gov. Information 

about NAGPRA, the Review Committee, 

and Review Committee meetings is 

available at the National NAGPRA 

website, http://www.cr.nps.gov/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 et 

seq. 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 remains; consulting 

with Indian tribes and Native Hawaiian 

organizations and museums on matters 

within the scope of the work of the 

committee affecting such tribes or 

organizations; consulting with the 

Secretary of the Interior in the 

development of regulations to carry out 

NAGPRA; and making 

recommendations regarding future care 

of repatriated cultural items. The 

Review Committee’s work is completed 

during meetings that are open to the 

public. 

Dated: September 23, 2005 

C. Timothy McKeown, 

Designated Federal Officer,Native American 

Graves Protection and Repatriation Review 

Committee. 

[FR Doc. 05–20200 Filed 10–6–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–50–S 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Inventory Completion: Pacific 

Lutheran University, Tacoma, WA 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

Notice is here given in accordance 

with the Native American Graves 

Protection and Repatriation Act 

(NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the 

completion of an inventory of human 

remains in the possession of Pacific 

Lutheran University, Pierce County, 

Tacoma, WA. The human remains were 

removed from a site in Parkland, Pierce 

County, WA. 

This notice is published as part of the 

National Park Service’s administrative 

responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 

U.S.C. 3003 (d)(3). The determinations 

in this notice are the sole responsibility 

of the museum, institution, or Federal 

agency that has control of the Native 

American human remains. The National 

Park Service is not responsible for the 

determinations in this notice. 

A detailed assessment of the human 

remains was made by Pacific Lutheran 

University professional staff in 

consultation with representatives of the 

Confederated Tribes and Bands of the 

Yakama Nation, Washington; 

Confederated Tribes of the Colville 

Reservation, Washington; Cowlitz 

Indian Tribe, Washington; Muckleshoot 

Indian Tribe of the Muckleshoot 

Reservation, Washington; Nisqually 

Indian Tribe of the Nisqually 

Reservation, Washington; and Puyallup 

Tribe of the Puyallup Reservation, 

Washington. 

Prior to 1938, human remains 

representing a minimum of one 

individual were removed from an 

unidentified site in Parkland, Pierce 

County, WA. The human remains were 

originally transferred to a Pacific 

Lutheran University faculty member 

who loaned them, along with other 

items from the same site, to the 

University of Washington, Burke 

Museum, Seattle, WA, in 1938. Most of 

the 1938 loan was returned in the early 

1940s. However, the human remains 

were discovered in the Burke Museum’s 

collections in 1995 and transferred to 

Pacific Lutheran University. No known 

individuals were identified. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

Funerary objects originally found 

with the remains, but no longer in the 

possession of either the Burke Museum 

or Pacific Lutheran University, indicate 

the human remains were interred during 

the historic period. The burial site 

location is located within the area ceded 

to the United States by the Niskwali, 

Payullup, Steilacoom, Squaxin, 

S’Homamish, Stehchass, T’Peeksin, 

Squiaitl, and Sa-heh-wamish in the 

treaty of Medicine Creek, December 26, 

1854. The burial site location is believed 

to be located within the area recognized 

by a final judgment of the United States 

Court of Claim as the aboriginal land of 

the Puyallup Tribe of the Puyallup 

Reservation, Washington. 

Officials of Pacific Lutheran 

University have determined that, 

pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9–10), the 

human remains described above 

represent the physical remains of one