<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">Hi Mary,<div><br></div><div>I recommend you also try reaching out to the Denver Museum of Nature and Science (probably Dr. Michelle Koons) and Dr. Chip Colwell (former DMNS Senior Curator of Anthropology). DMNS is generally regarded as the gold standard approach to repatriation and NAGPRA related practices in the wider museum world. Dr. Colwell wrote an excellent book some years ago on the efforts at DMNS - Plundered Skulls and Stolen Spirits. </div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.chipcolwell.com/">http://www.chipcolwell.com/</a></div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://www.dmns.org/science/science-staff/#Anthropology">https://www.dmns.org/science/science-staff/#Anthropology</a></div><div><br></div><div>Cheers,<br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfMessage"><div>
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<div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Sep 16, 2025, at 9:33 AM, Benjamin Hess <bmhess@umich.edu> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div><div dir="ltr">Mary,<div><br></div><div>You may want to reach out to other in-state institutions that work with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA). I listed a few on a quick search.</div><div><ul><li>Kansas State University NAGPRA - <a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.k-state.edu/nagpra/&source=gmail-imap&ust=1758638085000000&usg=AOvVaw2btBEQWFdCJqcwGVOZ4S2Q">https://www.k-state.edu/nagpra/</a></li><li>The University of Kansas NAGPRA - <a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://repatriation.ku.edu/&source=gmail-imap&ust=1758638085000000&usg=AOvVaw2EESkz87gV1JJ8RvJWBREK">https://repatriation.ku.edu/</a></li><li>Kansas Museums Association NAGPRA - <a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://ksmuseums.org/resources/native-american-graves-protection-and-repatriation-act-nagpra-resources&source=gmail-imap&ust=1758638085000000&usg=AOvVaw2cqQia14NTiKrgw-LRgBD2">https://ksmuseums.org/resources/native-american-graves-protection-and-repatriation-act-nagpra-resources</a></li></ul><div>Sincerely,</div></div><div><br></div><div>Ben</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Sep 15, 2025 at 2:42 PM Mary Hunter <<a href="mailto:mhunter7@emporia.edu">mhunter7@emporia.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="msg-2935421106731353252">
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;">My name is Mary Hunter and I am a professor of nursing at Emporia State University. We have a human skeleton that has been used for education in our school for many years. We are moving buildings soon, and I am hoping
to find a way to make sure that the donation of this individual is honored long-term. The skeleton has been used for quite a while, and we would like to restore her as well as re-articulating the pieces that have come off. This is not an area that any of our
faculty have expertise in, so I am looking for help and guidance wherever I can find it. Do you have any input into what my next steps should be? I've included a photo of the skeleton being used in the classroom in the past, as well as a few photos of what
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