Thank you for all of your help and work on this.
Giiwegiizhigookway Martin/THPO, Getegitigaaning Ojibwe Nation
Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
Thank you, Jan - this is going to save us SO MUCH TIME. You and your team are awesome.
Elizabeth Leith
Anthropology Museum Director and Campus NAGPRA Coordinator
University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Anthropology
You are so very awesome!! Thank you!!! WOW!! That is beautiful. What amazing work you did. I cannot thank you enough, Jan.
Crista Stewart, Director of Grants/THPO, Elk Valley Rancheria
I couldn't imagine a better team to help Los Rios through the NAGPRA process.
Jamey Nye, Deputy Chancellor, Los Rios Community College District
Miigwetch (thank you) for all that you do on behalf of the tribes! Someday I know there will be a lodge and warm fire for you prepared by the ancestors.
The Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan is thankful for all of the blessings that we receive through Jan’s work. The spiritual well-being of our tribe and the future of our children is strengthened because of her. For that we will always be grateful.
William Johnson, Curator/NAGPRA Designee, Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan
Thank you for all the work you have done for the Tribes.
Christina McDonald, Environmental Protection Director, North Fork Rancheria of Mono Indians of California
I remain profoundly grateful for the partnership and expertise of Jan and her team, and I would be glad to speak with any prospective client to share more about our experience working with Bernstein & Associates.
Kelli A. Duncan, Associate Dean of the Faculty and Academic Resources, on behalf of the Dean of the Faculty Office, Vassar College
My museum has worked closely with B&A for the last several years, and find the company to be highly reliable, extremely knowledgeable about NAGPRA, and has the ability to produce results. I highly recommend Bernstein & Associates for either museums or tribes needing help with NAGPRA.
Thank you for your kindness, professionalism, insights, trust and wisdom across these last few months.
Jen Zwolinski, Office of the Provost, University of San Diego
Aa tlein gunalchéesh áayá! (With greatest thanks!)
Gunalchéesh / Háw'aa Harold Jacobs Goos' shú, Ghooch shaayí Native Lands & Resources Department, Cultural Resources, Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska
Hank said, “you are amazing!” I agree!
Heather N. Cline, Lead Curator, Grave Creek Mound Archaeological Complex Research Facility West Virginia Division of Culture and History
As usual, you were amazing. So patient and so thorough. The ultimate professional. Thanks Jan. Great job.
Shirley Sorrels, Director, Museum of Ojibwa Culture and Marquette Mission Park
B&A have helped my museum not only through initial consultation procedures but has been a great resource for all questions related to NAGPRA without having to call the office in Washington D.C.
We have come to rely on Bernstein & Associates for accurate and well-considered answers to complex NAGPRA issues. They are always just a phone call away.
It’s always great working with folks at Bernstein and Associates on NAGRPA issues. Sam Barr, Stillaguamish Tribe.
Thank you both for helping us get here. 493 individuals are on the path home.
And the relationships we built with the tribes have carried over to the museum exhibit collaborations.
Candace Sall, Ph.D., Director, University of Missouri Museum of Anthropology and American Archaeology Division
Thank you for all your work helping us get NPS at SAJH into compliance, a major accomplishment we're proud of. Joe Dolan, Park Cultural Anthropologist | Liaison to Tribes, San Juan Island National Historical Park
...the whole B&A team were instrumental in getting us to where we are today. Truly excellent work. Thank you!
Tom Zych, Chair, University of Toledo Department of Sociology & Anthropology, Senior Lecturer, NAGPRA Coordinator
Thank you for all your work helping us get NPS at SAJH into compliance, a major accomplishment we're proud of. Joe Dolan, Park Cultural Anthropologist | Liaison to Tribes, San Juan Island National Historical Park
Working with Bernstein & Associates was a blessing to our university. They provided the expertise, experience, and guidance that we needed to comply with NAGPRA. Jan consistently reminded us that the needs of the Tribal Nations should be paramount throughout the compliance process. As a result, relationship-building became a central tenet of the work. In addition, we all learned so much from her and knew that she was only an email or phone call away. In addition, Jan and her team were not only knowledgeable but also responsive, hardworking, committed, and extremely organized. I don't even want to imagine engaging in this work without them.
Persephone Hooper Lewis (Yomba Shoshone Tribe), Tribal Liaison/Professor of Practice/ NAGPRA Liaison
I found the seminar to be both informative and inspiring. You are truly an amazing, dedicated advocate for this work; it was refreshing to take the class with you. So spirit centered. I look forward to working with you again.
Deanna Byrd, NAGPRA Liaison
The Choctaw Nation
Thank you so much ...this was truly exactly what we needed to take the necessary steps to become compliant and understand how best to organize ourselves. Thank you again.
Kaylee Scoggins Herring, Collections Manager
History Center of San Luis Obispo County
The importance of advancing the understanding of the laws and regulations, and promoting cultural awareness and sensitivity related to Iwi Kupuna Hawaiian Burials is what Jan does very well, her work also brings vital resources into the community where it is needed.
Kuhu Kaleo Patterson
Thank you! This was a great workshop!! I really felt that we got so much accomplished. It was great pleasure to work with all of you.
Irene D., Haida, Ketchikan, AK
The training B&A provided was great value for money. It helped us advance our NAGPRA program, and the follow-up support went beyond the service level we expected. I look forward to future work with this company.
Thank you so much for speaking with us today. Your talk was just perfect! It got really good dialogue and discussion going for the second half of our program, and you covered everything I had hoped you would and then some. Thank you again!
Sara Hodge, Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center at Colorado College
...thank you for guiding us through those transformative days in Beloit, Jan. And thank you for continuing to be such an inspiration! Carol Samarah, Southern Illinois University NAGPRA Program Director
A big thank you for last week’s webinar! This was our best-attended event in quite some time, reflecting the great need amongst our members for this content and guidance. Viewers definitely appreciated your thorough history of the need for NAGPRA and your answering so many of their questions. I think a great number of people will approach their NAGPRA work with more confidence, understanding, and care as a result of this presentation. American Association for State and Local History
NPS announced the recipients of this year's NAGPRA grants. I want to thank you personally because I took your National Preservation Institute NAGPRA Grant training twice (once when employed by a prior institution). The information and feedback we received, as well as the successful grant templates, were crucial to my success in obtaining a Consultation & Documentation Grant for SCIAA this year!
Thank you again!! Nina Schreiner, MA, RPA, NAGPRA Coordinator, SC Institute of Archaeology & Anthropology