SWCA’s appreciation and concern for the traditions, values and history of Native American tribes has helped us develop relationships that make our tribal and ethnographic consultation efforts meaningful and educational. We provide tribal consultation that assures compliance with relevant mandates, and conduct both formal and informal oral history interviews. Through our culturally sensitive consultation work, we are able to collaborate with tribes to identify and maintain resources that are an integral part of their identity.
• Assistance with Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), including development of
culturally-appropriate plans for treatment of human remains
and associated burial objects, sacred objects and objects of
cultural patrimony found within existing collections or during
inadvertent discoveries
• Technical assistance and support to state and federal agencies
on Native American consultation
• Preparation of ethnographic/ ethnohistoric overviews
• Identification, evaluation, and documentation of
Traditional Cultural Places (TCPs)
• General archival research
• American Indian Religious Freedom Act (AIRFA) consultations
• Ethnographic and ethnohistoric interviews with Native American
communities and individuals
• Ethnobotany
