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| Who They Are and How to Join |
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| Do you have an interest in protecting a particular cemetery or type of burial site? Learn why you should apply for the Registry of Interested Persons. |
| Your Rights Under Wisconsin State Law |
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| Are you unhappy about a decision to move or protect a human burial site? Find out the process to request an appeal. |
| Learn about the procedures for handling publicly-owned or abandoned burial sites. |
| Date: | 06 2008 |
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| Description: | View looking east of a 1000-year-old Indian intaglio effigy in the shape of a panther. The effigy, which is on the north bank of the Rock River, is filled ... |
| What steps should you take to research burial sites prior to conducting a field project? Read more to find out. |
| Learn more about this list of known human burial sites in Wisconsin. |
| Learn about current Wisconsin Historical Society guidelines for the documentation of human burial sites. |
| Learn about the laws that protect burial sites and Native American mounds, tax exemptions for landowners, and what to do if you find human remains. |
| For Properties with Burial Sites |
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| Learn the steps to nagivate the application process to get a tax exemption under Wisconsin burial sites law. |
| Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
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| Cast iron Wisconsin effigy mound model in the shape of a "trunk and arms of a man", designed by Increase A. Lapham, c. 1875. (Museum object #1975.8.12) |
| What You Can Do |
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| Do you want to know how to protect a human burial site in Wisconsin? Learn several ways to preserve cemeteries and Native American mounds. |
| Want to know if there might be cemetery or Native American mound group on your property? The Society may have the answer |
| Learn about the state and federal laws that protect burial sites, Native American mounds, and other places where human remains are buried. |
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