Heritage compliance, written with care.
Independent advisory at the intersection of NAGPRA, Section 106, and Indigenous repatriation policy — serving museums, federal agencies, and tribal partners through the 2024 Final Rule and the 2029 inventory deadline.
A practice built for the regulatory window that is open right now.
The 2024 NAGPRA Final Rule reset the duty of care for every holding institution and set a five-year inventory clock. Federal agencies remain behind on Section 106 consultation backlogs. This is the window to get the record right.
Three doors into the practice.
For Institutions
Museums and universities with inventory obligations under the 2024 Final Rule and a closing 2029 deadline.
Learn more → 02For Agencies
Federal agencies resolving Section 106 backlogs and 36 CFR 800 tribal consultation across active undertakings.
Learn more → 03For Tribal Partners
Tribal historic preservation offices and nations asserting authority over consultation, claims, and transfer of control.
Learn more →Six engagement types, shaped around your statute.
NAGPRA Compliance Reviews
Inventory audits, cultural-affiliation methodology, and duty-of-care assessment under 43 CFR Part 10.
Repatriation Strategy
Consultation roadmaps, claims-response posture, and transfer-of-control protocols.
Section 106 / NHPA Advisory
36 CFR 800 tribal consultation, scoping memoranda, and adverse-effect resolution.
Cultural-Resource Ethics Frameworks
Policy review, governance-board advisory, and internal-ethics scaffolding.
A four-phase engagement, documented end-to-end.
Discovery
Scoping call, conflict screening, and a written problem statement grounded in the governing statute.
Diagnosis
Primary-source review, inventory or consultation audit, and a findings memorandum with citations.
Delivery
A written deliverable: the compliance review, strategy roadmap, or framework your matter requires.
Iteration
Implementation support, consultation follow-through, and revision as the record evolves.
This week in Indigenous policy.
Vol. I · No. 1 · June 15–21, 2026 · Inaugural Issue. Every story checked against primary sources, with footnoted citations.
- 106 A senator puts fifteen institutions on notice over NAGPRA backlog.
- VRA The Supreme Court vacates an Eighth Circuit voting-rights ruling on remand.
- MT Montana courts signal on treaty rights versus state authority.
- OK Oklahoma issues an opposing read on tribal sovereignty.
- Rule Field notes on the 2024 Final Rule at eighteen months.
Amanda Sanchez leads the practice from Charlotte.
Her work focuses on the 2024 NAGPRA Final Rule, Section 106 tribal consultation, and the cultural-resource ethics scaffolding that museums and agencies need before the January 10, 2029 inventory deadline.
Have a statutory window closing in 2029?
Scope a short engagement, request a speaking date, or share a problem statement. The practice replies within two business days.