Even though many of our graduates will have progressed in their careers since completing a case study, they are still of interest to students who wish to gain an understanding of the world of work.

Manage the collections that are eligible for NAGPRA (Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act), includes identifying human remains, assessing ancestry, managing funerary objects, compiling reports, working with Native American tribes to establish affiliation or possible stewardship to Tribes of cultural items, host consultations, and prepare remains for reburial.

Research a particular collection and find out it's history, pull the collection from storage, inventory the remains and funerary objects, write a report about the remains, update records into a database program.

Meeting Tribal elders and working with them.

Politics. It's difficult to balance an interest in science as research museum and the interest of Native American tribes who do not wish to have remains used for research purposes. Trying to assist in the compliance work, it can be difficult to work with some curators, professors, or other Museum professionals who do not support NAGPRA.

I'm interested in issues of human rights and found that my skills as an osteology can help Native American communities and Museums to comply with NAGPRA.

Archaeological methodology and theory, osteological methods including standards for aging and sexing, report writing, and knowledge of Museum best practices.

NAGPRA workshops offered through NPI which helped understand the law, grant writing, and the types of funding available through the government.

Phd program, SUNY Binghamton

Archaeologist, Tell Mozan Syria

Archaeologist, Newburgh project, New York

NAGPRA Intern, Casa Grande National Monument, AZ

Doing freelance work to help Tribes and Museum in NAGPRA compliance.

Apply to internships, work on as many archaeological projects as possible as they often lead to job possibilities. Archaeology can really be a small world.