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Research & Scholarship

Conference work, installations, and ongoing research on repatriation.

Presented across six national venues in 2024 and 2025. The applied work feeds directly back into the practice and into open tools for the field.

01 — Selected work

Recent research and installations.

Applied Research Project · 2024–2026

NAGPRA Compliance Toolkit

An open application that helps practitioners draft noncompliance reports, track compliance, log consultations, and reference the governing law.

Art Installation · AAA 2025

Haunted Restitutions: Restless Ancestors and the Ghosts of Colonialism

An installation interrogating restitution, memory, and the unfinished work of repatriation.

Oral Presentation · NCHC 2025

Institutional Responsibility in Repatriation

On the duties institutions carry once affiliation is established and consultation begins.

Paper · NAAAS & SSS 2025

Returning Dignity: Reforming Repatriation Legislation for Tribal Empowerment

A proposal for statutory reform that centers tribal authority in the return of ancestors and cultural items.

Oral Presentation · NCHA 2024

Uncovering Lost Knowledge of Pre-Columbian Native American Cultures

Recovering and contextualizing knowledge erased by colonial collecting practices.

02 — Digital tools

Software built for compliance work.

Live application

NAGPRA Compliance Toolkit

A working toolset for practitioners: a noncompliance report builder, a compliance tracker, a consultation log, and a legal reference library.

This tool is not a substitute for legal counsel.

  • 01 Noncompliance Report Builder
  • 02 Compliance Tracker
  • 03 Consultation Log
  • 04 Legal Reference Library
03 — Publications

Indexed via ORCID.

Peer-reviewed publications are synced from ORCID as they are added. View ORCID profile