After decades dedicated to protecting Ho-Chunk history, culture, and sacred places, Bill “Na?a?wa?cekg?ize” Quackenbush has officially retired as the Ho-Chunk Nation's Cultural Resources Division Manager and Tribal Historic Preservation Officer.

     Quackenbush's career spanned more than three decades, during which he helped shape the Nation's historic preservation efforts from their early beginnings into one of the most recognized tribal preservation programs in the country.

     "So many accomplishments throughout his career serving our Nation from the humble beginnings of the back maintenance closet to the most recent groundbreaking of the new state-of-the-art Cultural Resources Center," Ho-Chunk Nation President Jon Greendeer wrote.

     "I always say Indian Country's best retire four times for each direction. I know we'll see him down the road continuing to do good for the people."

     Throughout his career, Quackenbush became a respected voice in tribal historic preservation, advocating for the protection of cultural resources, sacred places, burial sites, and ancestral landscapes while helping ensure the Ho-Chunk Nation's perspective was represented in federal and state preservation decisions.

     His retirement comes as the Cultural Resources Division enters a new chapter with the development of the Ho-Chunk Nation's new Cultural Resources Center, a project that reflects decades of growth within the department.