Membership History

The Review Committee consists of seven members appointed by the Secretary of the Interior. Three members are appointed from nominations submitted by Indian Tribes, Native Hawaiian organizations, and traditional Native American religious leaders. At least two of these members must be traditional Indian religious leaders. Three members are appointed from nominations submitted by national museum or scientific organizations. One member is appointed from a list of persons developed and consented to by all of the other members.

Members nominated by federally recognized Indian Tribe(s), Native Hawaiian organization(s), or traditional religious leaders
	Member 1: Traditional Indian Religious Leader
		Rachel Craig	Treasures for Our Children Northwest Arctic Borough Fairbanks Native Association	1992-1997
		Armand Minthorn	Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation	1997-2004
		Willie Jones	Lummi Tribe of the Lummi Reservation	2004-2009
		Eric Hemenway	Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, Michigan	2009-2013
		Steve Titla	San Carlos Apache Tribe of the San Carlos Apache Reservation, Arizona	2013-2017
		Barnaby Lewis	Gila River Indian Community of the Gila River Indian Reservation, Arizona Ak-Chin Indian Community Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community of the Salt River Reservation, Arizona Tohono O'odham Nation of Arizona	2018-2022
		Toby Patrick	Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation	2023-2027
	Member 2: Traditional Indian Religious Leader
		William Tallbull	Northern Cheyenne Tribe of the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation, Montana	1992-1997 (Deceased 1996)
		Lawrence Hart	Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes, Oklahoma Forest County Potawatomi Community, Wisconsin	1996-2003
		Lee Staples	Mille Lacs Band of Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota	2003-2005
		Donna Augustine	Aroostook Band of Micmac Indians Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians Passamaquoddy Tribe Penobscot Tribe of Maine	2006-2010
		Adrian John	Seneca Nation of New York	2010-2014
		Armand Minthorn	Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation	2014-2018 2019-2021 2022-2024
	Member 3: Non-Traditional Indian Religious Leader
		Tessie Naranjo	Santa Clara Indian Pueblo	1992-1997
			Pueblo of Acoma, New Mexico Hui Malama I Na Kupuna O Hawaii Nei	1997-2000
		Rosita Worl	Huna Heritage Foundation	2000-2007
			Huna Heritage Foundation on behalf of the Huna Totem Corporation	2007-2009
		Mervin Wright, Jr.	Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe, Nevada Comanche Nation, Oklahoma Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma	2009-2013
		Shannon O’Loughlin	Tonawanda Seneca Nation Seneca Nation of Indians Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma	2013-2015
		Lauren Peters	Agdaagux Tribe of King Cove	2016-2017
		John Beaver	Muscogee (Creek) Nation	2018-2022
		Domonique deBeaubien	Seminole Tribe of Florida	2022-2026
Members nominated by national museum and scientific organizations
	Member 4
		Dan Monroe	American Association of Museums Museum Trustees Association	1992-1997
		James Bradley	American Association of Museums	1997-2004
		Dan Monroe	American Association of Museums	2004-2009
			Association of Art Museum Directors	2009-2011
		Alexander Barker	American Anthropological Association American Association of Museums Society for American Archeology	2011-2015
		Patrick Lyons	American Anthropological Association Archaeological Institute of America Society for American Archaeology	2015-2019
		Timothy McKeown	Association of Tribal Archives, Libraries, & Museums Association for the Anthropology of Policy Council for Museum Anthropology National Association for the Practice of Anthropology Society for Applied Anthropology World Archaeological Congress	2020-2024
	Member 5
		Martin Sullivan	American Association of Museums Museum Trustees Association	1992-1997
			American Association of Museums	1997-2000
		Garrick Bailey	American Anthropological Association	2000-2007
		Alan Goodman	American Archaeological Association	2007-2011
		LindaLee Kuuleilani Farm	Natural Science Collections Alliance	2011-2015
			Natural Science Collections Alliance	2015-2017
		Francis P. McManamon	American Alliance of Museums American Anthropological Association Society for American Archaeology	2018-2022
		E Halealoha Ayau	American Anthropological Association	2022-2026
	Member 6
		Phillip Walker	Society for American Archaeology American Association of Museums American Anthropological Association	1992-1997
		John O’Shea	Society for American Archaeology American Museum of Natural History	1997-2004
		Vincas Steponaitis	Society for American Archaeology	2004-2009
		Sonya Atalay	World Archaeological Congress	2009-2015
			World Archaeological Congress	2013-2015
		Heather Edgar	American Alliance of Museums American Anthropological Association American Association of Physical Anthropologists Archaeological Institute of America Society for American Archaeology	2015-2019
		Shelby Tisdale	American Alliance of Museums	2020-2024
Members nominated by Review Committee members
	Member 7: At-large member
		Jonathan Haas	Review Committee	1992-1997
		Vera Metcalf	Review Committee	1998-2005
		Colin Kippen	Review Committee	2005-2009
		Rosita Worl	Review Committee	2009-2013
		Dennis O’Rourke	Review Committee	2013-2017
		Honor Keeler	Review Committee	2018-2022
		Angela Garcia-Lewis	Review Committee	2022-2026