Sanchez Ethics Global · Heritage Compliance Advisory

Heritage compliance, written with care.

Independent advisory on NAGPRA, Section 106, and Indigenous repatriation policy, for museums, federal agencies, and tribal partners working through the 2024 final rule and the 2029 inventory deadline.

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Frameworks & Authorities

NAGPRA 43 CFR Part 10 25 U.S.C. 3001-3013 Section 106 NHPA 36 CFR 800 NEPA

01, Posture

A practice built for the regulatory window that is open right now.

The 2024 NAGPRA final rule reset the burden of proof, the consultation calendar, and the inventory clock. Most institutions are still catching up. Here is what the work looks like in 2026.

2029 Inventory Deadline Federal agencies and museums must complete NAGPRA inventories under the 2024 final rule.

5 yr Statute of Limitations Window for tribal claims under the new rule, calculated from the publication date.

36 CFR
800 Consultation Standard Section 106 review with Tribal Historic Preservation Officers and consulting parties.

100% Tribal-Authority-First Every engagement starts from the premise that tribal nations hold the determinative voice.

02, Where to start

Three doors into the practice.

Maybe you are scoping an institutional engagement. Maybe you are citing the research, or downloading the open tools. Your entry point depends on who you are.

01, For Institutions

Hire for an engagement.

Compliance reviews, repatriation strategy, Section 106 advisory, and cultural-resource ethics frameworks, scoped to your timeline and statutory window.

View services → 02, For Researchers

Read the research.

Conference papers, installations, and presentations on repatriation legislation, institutional responsibility, and the politics of return. ORCID-indexed.

Browse research → 03, For Practitioners

Use the open tools.

Free toolkits, decision aids, and reference documents for NAGPRA practitioners, tribal liaisons, and Section 106 coordinators.

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03, What I do

Six engagement types, shaped around your statute.

Each engagement begins with a written scope, a defined deliverable, and a documented consultation posture. No retainer traps. No scope creep. No abstract deliverables.

01 NAGPRA Compliance Reviews Inventory audit, cultural-affiliation methodology, duty-of-care assessment under the 2024 final rule. Compliance

02 Repatriation Strategy Consultation roadmaps, claims-response posture, and transfer-of-control protocols with tribal partners. Strategy

03 Section 106 / NHPA Advisory Tribal consultation under 36 CFR 800, scoping memoranda, and adverse-effect resolution review. Section 106

04 Cultural-Resource Ethics Frameworks Policy review, internal-ethics scaffolding, and governance-board advisory for institutions handling ancestral remains. Ethics

05 Speaking & Workshops Keynotes, panels, and CE workshops on NAGPRA reform, repatriation ethics, and Section 106 practice. Speaking

06 Expert Review & Installations Curatorial-ethics review, exhibit-text consultation, and installation work connecting repatriation and public memory. Curatorial

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04, How I work

A four-phase engagement, documented end-to-end.

Phase 01

Discovery

Statutory window scan, document review, consultation-history reconstruction, and stakeholder mapping.

Phase 02

Diagnosis

Gap analysis against 43 CFR Part 10, 36 CFR 800, and your institution's policy posture. Written findings memorandum.

Phase 03

Delivery

Scoped advisory product: a compliance roadmap, consultation script, training module, or written framework.

Phase 04

Iteration

Implementation support across the consultation calendar, including tribal correspondence review, sign-off documentation, and audit posture.

Weekly · The Sovereign Brief

This week in Indigenous policy.

Vol. I · No. 1 · June 15 to 21, 2026 · Inaugural Issue

A practitioner-grade weekly read on NAGPRA enforcement, Section 106 cases, federal Indian law rulings, and tribal sovereignty, with footnoted APA citations and primary-source links.

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05, About the Principal

Independent counsel. Ethics-bowl winner. Builder of practical tools.

I lead Sanchez Ethics Global from Charlotte, NC, advising museums, federal agencies, and tribal partners on NAGPRA, Section 106, and Indigenous repatriation policy. The practice is anchored in primary statutory text and the procedural rigor institutions need to defend their work in writing.

I have presented research at six national conferences across 2024 and 2025, including the American Anthropological Association, NCHC, SSS, NAAAS, and NCHA. My working premise is simple. Heritage law works best when it is plain-spoken, primary-sourced, and built around the tribal nations whose communities it serves.

Full Bio Research ORCID

Focus: NAGPRA 2024 Final Rule43 CFR Part 10 · 25 U.S.C. 3001-3013
Recognition: SAA Ethics Bowl WinnerSociety for American Archaeology · 2025
Honors: Canopy Innovation Award · ALPFA LIFT Fellow
Conferences: Six national presentations · 2025AAA · NAAAS · NCHA · NCHC · SSS
Memberships: AAA · SAA · RPAMember in good standing, 2024 to present
Identifier: ORCID 0009-0009-3379-0778Open Researcher and Contributor ID

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