Phone: (920)869-2214

Oneida Nation

Post Office Box 365

Phone: (920)869-2214

Oneida, WI 54155

BC Resolution # 07-26-17-K

Cemetery Law Amendments

WHEREAS,

the Oneida Nation is a federally recognized Indian government and a treaty tribe

recognized by the laws of the United States of America; and

WHEREAS,

the Oneida General Tribal Council is the governing body of the Oneida Nation; and

WHEREAS,

the Oneida Business Committee has been delegated the authority of Article IV, Section 1,

of the Oneida Tribal Constitution by the Oneida General Tribal Council; and

WHEREAS,

the Oneida Business Committee originally adopted the Cemetery Law through resolution

BC-09-02-88-A; and

WHEREAS,

the Amendments to the Law:

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WHEREAS,

Acknowledge the Oneida Sacred Burial Grounds, also known as Tsi> Tyeya>

Tat’alih, in accordance with the May 11, 2015 resolution of the Oneida Land

Commission;

Delegate Land Management with administrative and maintenance oversight;

Clarify eligibility for interment and the process for disinterment;

Delegate the Community Public Health Officer authority over situations involving

decedents who have died of communicable diseases, consistent with existing

laws;

Grant rulemaking authority to Land Management, the Environmental Resource

Board, and the Community Public Health Officer; and

Update the complaint process for this Law.

a public meeting on the proposed Amendments was held on March 30, 2017 in

accordance with the Legislative Procedures Act; and the written comment period closed

on April 6, 2017. A responsive Public Meeting Comment Review memo was provided for

the June 7, 2017 LOC meeting and the LOC accepted the memo and directed minor

changes to the draft, which were made; and

BC Resolution 07-26-17-K

Cemetery Law Amendments

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NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Cemetery Law Amendments are hereby adopted. This

Law will become effective Wednesday, August 9, 2017.

CERTIFICATION

I, the undersigned, as Secretary of the Oneida Business Committee, hereby certify that the Oneida

Business Committee is composed of 9 members of whom 5 members constitute a quorum; 9 members

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were present at a meeting duly called, noticed and held on the 26 day of July, 2017; that the forgoing

resolution was duly adopted at such meeting by a vote of 6 members for, 0 members against, and 2

members not voting; and that said resolution has not been rescinded or amended in any way.

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Lisa Summers, Tribal Secretary

Oneida Business Committee

*According to the By-Laws, Article I, Section 1, the Chair votes "only in the case of a tie."