Burial Sites Preservation Board
The current Burial Sites Preservation Board HS 1 (PDF, 15KB) is made up of nine members including the Director of the Wisconsin Historical Society (voting) or designee, the State Archaeologist (non-voting), the State Historic Preservation Officer or designee (non-voting) and six Governor appointees. Three of those appointments are made based on nominations from the Wisconsin Archaeological Survey and an additional three based on nominations from the Great Lakes Inter-Tribal Council and Menominee Tribe. Governor appointees serve three-year terms. Qualifications for each group of appointees may be found in Wis. Stats. 15.705 (PDF, 20KB) .
The Board meets quarterly and is responsible for:
- Determining which Indian tribes in Wisconsin have an interest in any catalogued burial site or class of catalogued burial sites.
- Determining which Registry applicants have an interest in a catalogued burial site or class of catalogued burial sites.
- Notifying the Director of the Wisconsin Historical Society which individuals or groups they have approved for the Registry of Interested Persons.
- Reviewing determinations made by the Director and the Department of Administration's Division of Hearings and Appeals to permit or deny disturbance to catalogued sites.
- (As necessary), reviewing disposition actions taken by the Director regarding human remains removed from burial sites.
- Approving transfers of burial sites from municipal jurisdiction to private hands.
Burial Sites Preservation Board Membership
Voting Members
Ellsworth H. Brown
Director
Wisconsin Historical Society
Madison, Wisconsin
Corina Burke (Chair, term expires May 24, 2011)
Tribal Preservation Officer
Oneida Nation Tribal Historic Preservation Office
Oneida, Wisconsin
Kathryn C. Egan-Bruhy (Vice Chair, term expires July 1, 2013)
Regional Office Director/Principal Investigator
Commonwealth Cultural Resources Group, Inc.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Kathleen Foley (term expires July 1, 2012)
Shorewood, Wisconsin
David J. Grignon (term expires July 1, 2011)
Nahwahquaw
Tribal Historical Preservation Officer
Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin
Keshena, Wisconsin
Robert B. Powless, Sr. (term expires July 1, 2012)
Personnel Director/Anthropologist
Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians
Odanah, Wisconsin
Cynthia Stiles (term expires July 1, 2014)
Rhinelander, Wisconsin
Non-Voting Members
John H. Broihahn
State Archaeologist
Wisconsin Historical Society
Madison, Wisconsin
Michael E. Stevens
State Historic Preservation Officer
Wisconsin Historical Society
Madison, Wisconsin
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