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Federal remains inquiry st rtain ■ The U.S. attorney’s office has not confirmed whether the investigation wiUbe launched. By Lindsay Young Senior staff writer The U.S. attorney’s office could not confirm Tuesday if the office would launch a federal investiga tion into the university’s handling of American Indian remains. Mike Wellman, first assistant U.S. attorney, cited policy and said he couldn’t verify that his office was investigating allegations that the university violated federal law. Wellman also would not con firm that a report detailing a state investigation was forwarded from Lancaster County Attorney Gary Lacey’s office in October. Wellman did say, however, that Lacey wouldn’t lie about forward ing the state’s report. Lacey’s office said in a late October press release that it had forwarded the report to U.S. Attorney Tom Monaghan in Omaha. The state investigation, which began last summer, sprang from dozens of allegations made by ji ;American Indians and anthropolo gy department; faculty members •regarding th«- University of -s Nebraska-Lincoln’s handling of remains. They alleged the remains were studied and stored in ways that vio lated both state and federal laws. In October, Laeey said he for warded a report detailing the state patrol’s investigation to Monaghan, so he could determine whether the university violated the federal Native American (Graves Protection and Repatriation Act of 1990. The act makes it illegal to study remains without tribal permission. In October, a Nebraska State Patrol investigation found no evi dence of any violation of state crim inal code, which includes the state Unmarked Human Burial Sites and Skeleton Remains Protection Act of 1989. That act makes the failure to report the discovery of human bur ial sites within 48 hours of their dis covery a crime. Some members of a group of American Indian tribal representa tives, coined the Working Group on the University of Nebraska Repatriation, have contacted the U.S. attorney’s office in Washington, D.C., requesting a fed eral investigation, said Pemina Yellow Bird, a NAGPRA represen tative for the Three Affiliated Tribes in Kansas. Tribal representatives have expressed doubt on the validity of the state investigation. Group to discuss repatriation | REPATRIATION from page 1 Tuesday.: It involves more paperwork and more discussion than would a request for the repatriation of affili ated remains. Naranjo said she wouldn’t hypothesize as to the deci sion the committee would make on UNL’s case. “Every case is interesting with its various twists and turns,” Naranjo said. The review committee hasn’t created a distinct policy about what to do with requests to repatriate cul turally unidentifiable remains, said Laura Mahoney, National Park Service NAGPRA Consultant in Washington, D.C. \ The University of Nebraska seems to have “pushed the case” more than others have, Mahoney said, which will make the results of this week’s meeting more interest ing. Yellow Bird said the only major obstacle she foresees in convincing the committee to repatriate the unaflfiliated remains is some of its members connections to me scien tific or museum industries. The review committee is com prised of seven members, six of whom are nominated by tribes, museums or scientific institutions. The seventh is nominated by the other six members. Three on the committee were nominated by museums or scientif ic institutions. Three others were nominated by American Indian tribes. Depending on Grew’s presenta tion in Santa Fe, the committee probably will make a decision at the end of the meeting, Naranjo said. From what she has heard, Naranjo said she was happy with the willingness both the intertribal group and the university have had to work together. Naranjo said she is looking for ward to hearing what UNL has to say. “I think that this one has long been discussed between the tribal groups and the University of Nebraska, so I have some familiari ty with it.” But the working group, itself, has not officially requested a feder al investigation. According to the NU general counsel’s office, the university is still awaiting the results of an inves tigation by a Lincoln attorney who was hired to look into whether UNL violated university policy or state law. Global group acquires Cliffs Notes NOTES from page 1 _ pie, including 35 in the Lincoln office, and brings in an annual rev enue of $ 12 million. After starting in Hillegass’ base ment, the company had played hop scotch around several downtown Lincoln buildings over the years before coming to test in south Lincoln about 10 years ago, Covolik said. Hillegass expanded the business by making contacts through his job buying back college textbooks for the Nebraska Book Company. Hillegass eventually asked college bookstores across the country to stock Cliffs Notes, Covolik said. Now Cliffs Notes sit in almost every college bookstore and in gro cery stores, drug stores and discount chains. Letting go of a company you spent most of your life working at is tough, Covolik said, but Cliffs Notes is not defunct, just transposed. “I think the thing that we both feel is that (Cliffs Notes) will be ongoing,” he said. “That is the joy of knowing that something you have done will continue to exist and has the potential to grow even more. “The real reward is to have it continue.” 2fll£gfi 23fll£g OWJ J2£l 21S*2Ull Sill fli .JlfiJc yiOJUp K **» of Hew Book Price' New owner implements changes to University Bookstore ‘.When the bookstore was run by the University, the buyback of used books was 60 percent of the new book price. But under the management of Follett College Stores Inc. of Elmhurst HI.,... ... the buyback price is 60 percent of the price the student paid for the book.”' -Daily Nebraskan 9/17/98 V If you bought your books at the University Bookstore, we’ll buy them back. Every student who sells their books back at Nebraska Bookstore will automatically receive lunch on us at Taco Bell® (2 tacos and a small drink), and if you reserve your books for the Spring semester you’ll save 5% chi your" total textbook purchase. With bonuses like these, why .sell anywhere else? More Cash, I Less Hassle. Buyback Hours December 7 through 11, Sam to 8pm December 14 through 18, 8am to 8pm . Saturdays 9am to 6pm, Sunday noon-5pm • * Nebraska Bookstore pays 60% of new subject to Nebraska Bookstore’s needs and availability. _ Drugs found in van Lincoln police arresting a man for driving with a suspended license found drugs in his van Monday night. 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The man was cited for possessing a controlled substance, marijuana and drug paraphernalia. The warrant was for no proof of financial responsibility, meaning no proof of insurance. Mother cited for neglect Police cited a woman for child neglect after she made her 4-year-old daughter help her shoplift. Monday afternoon the 37-year old woman was shopping with her daughter at Kohl’s department store, 401 N. 84th St., Heermann said. The woman went into a dressing room with her daughter carrying a new pair of jeans. When they came out of the dress ing room, they tried to leave the store with the daughter wearing the jeans. The woman was cited for child neglect and shoplifting. Compiled by senior staff writer Josh Funk Daily Nebraskan Online www.unl.edu/DailyNeb
