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What Happens When Human Remains, Cemeteries, and Cultural Collections Have No Clear Path Forward? Across the United States and around the world, museums, universities, churches, government agencies, historical organizations, communities, and private institutions care for cultural resources whose histories are not always fully understood. Human remains may have been collected or excavated generations ago. Historic cemeteries may have been forgotten, disturbed, relocated, or poorly documented....

It has been a busy and exciting few months, and I wanted to take a moment to share an important professional update. In February 2026, I accepted a position in a new role as Community Liaison for the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Natural History within the International Repatriation and Domestic Returns Program. This position focuses on helping connect museums, institutions, descendant communities, and stakeholders in conversations surrounding human dignity, repatriation,...

One year ago, CHRIS started as a simple idea: a small, determined cultural heritage firm built on experience, urgency, and respect for the past. I didn’t have a full team. I didn’t have a full roadmap. What I did have was vision, discipline, and the stubborn belief that communities deserve better care for their history than they’ve ever been given. Year One proved that belief right. We began by taking on the projects that most people overlook: the quick-turn assessments, the long-forgotten...