{"abstract":"The Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Review Committee (Review Committee) was established by Section 8 of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA; 25 U.S.C. 3006), and is an advisory body governed by the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 App. U.S.C. 1-16). At its November 17-19, 2010 public meeting in Washington, DC, and acting pursuant to its statutory responsibility to convene the parties to a dispute relating to the identity and return of cultural items, and to facilitate the resolution of such a dispute, the Review Committee heard a dispute between the Hoonah Indian Association, joined by the Huna Totem Corporation, and the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. The issues before the Review Committee were (1) whether, in their request for the repatriation of 38 catalogued objects deriving from the Snail House and one catalogued object deriving from the Eagle's Nest House that are in the possession of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, the requestors proved that all the requested objects are both \"sacred objects\" and objects of \"cultural patrimony,\" as these terms are defined in NAGPRA; and (2) whether, in response to the request for the repatriation of the 39 catalogued objects, the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology presented evidence proving that the Museum has a \"right of possession\" to any of the objects, as this term is defined in the NAGPRA regulations. The Review Committee found that all of the requested objects are both sacred objects and objects of cultural patrimony, and that the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology does not have a right of possession to any of those cultural items. The Review Committee meeting transcript containing the dispute proceedings and Review Committee deliberation and findings is available from the National NAGPRA Program upon request (NAGPRA_Info@nps.gov).","action":"Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Review Committee: Findings.","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR","name":"Interior Department","id":253,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/interior-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/253","parent_id":null,"slug":"interior-department"},{"raw_name":"National Park Service","name":"National Park Service","id":362,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/national-park-service","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/362","parent_id":253,"slug":"national-park-service"}],"body_html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/html/2012/12/18/2012-30443.html","cfr_references":[],"citation":"77 FR 74875","comment_url":null,"comments_close_on":null,"correction_of":null,"corrections":[],"dates":null,"disposition_notes":null,"docket_ids":["NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-11687","2200-1100-665"],"dockets":[],"document_number":"2012-30443","effective_on":null,"end_page":74876,"executive_order_notes":null,"executive_order_number":null,"full_text_xml_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/xml/2012/12/18/2012-30443.xml","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2012/12/18/2012-30443/native-american-graves-protection-and-repatriation-review-committee-findings-related-to-the-identity","images":{},"images_metadata":{},"json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents/2012-30443?publication_date=2012-12-18","mods_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/metadata/granule/FR-2012-12-18/2012-30443/mods.xml","not_received_for_publication":null,"page_length":2,"page_views":{"count":283,"last_updated":"2026-08-26 18:15:08 -0400"},"pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2012-12-18/pdf/2012-30443.pdf","presidential_document_number":null,"proclamation_number":null,"public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2012-30443.pdf?1355752508","publication_date":"2012-12-18","raw_text_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/2012/12/18/2012-30443.txt","regulation_id_number_info":{},"regulation_id_numbers":[],"regulations_dot_gov_info":{"checked_regulationsdotgov_at":"2013-01-07T06:00:13Z"},"regulations_dot_gov_url":null,"significant":null,"signing_date":null,"start_page":74875,"subtype":null,"title":"Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Review Committee Findings Related to the Identity and Return of Cultural Items in the Possession of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, PA","toc_doc":"Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Review Committee Findings","toc_subject":null,"topics":[],"type":"Notice","volume":77}