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B -- ETHNOGRAPHIC OVERVIEW AND ASSESSMENT, HOPEWELL CULTURE NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK SOL 1443RQ600098012 POC Karen K. Schultz (402)221-3563 The National Park Service is soliciting for an ethnographic overview and assessment of Hopewell Culture National Historical Park, Ross County, Ohio. The purpose of the study is to identify Native American groups with specific historical or contemporary ties to lands and natural and cultural resources of Hopewell Cultural NHP; to survey contemporary tribal offiicals, cultural leaders, and traditional religious leaders within those groups; to summrize evidence related to the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act of 1990 (NAGPRA); and to identify and recommend future ethnographic studies designed to address gaps in the existing state of ethnographic knowledge regarding Native American use and occupancy of park resources and lands. Solicitation packages will be available on or about March 16, 1998, with quotations due on or about April 8, 1998. See Note 1. (0061)

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