This work is the result of an extraordinary network of professionals, organizations, communities, friends, and family who have provided expertise, collaboration, and unwavering moral support.
Retired Forest Service & Park Service Archaeologist. Mentorship, friendship, on-site fieldwork, artifact analyses, and generous financial support.
Adjunct Senior Research Scientist (Geochemistry), Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University. Co-founder of CINAQ. Geoarchaeology quarry specialist.
Professor Emeritus, Department of Anthropology, Appalachian State University (NC). Specialist in lithic technology and microwear analysis.
A 501(c)(3) non-profit scientific research and education organization
PhD, Geological Sciences. Bedrock geology and quarry mapping; mentorship and support.
Stone Tool Lithic Specialist. M.A. in Anthropology, Texas A&M University.
Geochemist and co-founder of CINAQ.
Resilient Forests Director, biologist, geosciences specialist. Field research, documentation, and mentorship.
NC Geological Survey, Landslide Mapping Team Leader. Expertise in landslide hazards, geomorphology, geoarchaeology, and LiDAR.
Science and Resource Stewardship Team Lead, Archaeologist, National Park Service. Documentation of slope sites and pre-European quarry sites.
Tribal Historic Preservation Office
Archaeologist (University of Tennessee, Knoxville). Traditional perspectives, logistics, and moral support.
Historic Preservation Manager, Archaeologist (PhD candidate, UTK). Process, logistics, and research assistance.
Historic Sites Manager. Friend and mentor providing traditional perspective, wisdom, and guidance.
NAGPRA Coordinator. Friend and supporter offering insight and much needed humor.
Numerous individuals across both organizations have provided partnership, logistics, research assistance, creative guidance, friendship, and moral support.
A pioneering non-profit legal organization that helps public and private sector workers report and expose wrongdoing safely, lawfully, and responsibly.
Attorneys at Law (B. Stautberg). Whistleblower case and retaliation representation.
Logan Schwartz and Muhammad Ahmed.
Director and moderator for context interviews, discussions, and video production. Tribal perspective and wisdom.
Social media and content start-up guidance, creative feedback, and general support.
Extensive research, logistics, and workload support over several arduous years, with continual moral support and encouragement.
Countless generous contributors who have helped keep this fight alive through financial support, debt relief, and the hope of restitution.
Life partner and spouse my foundation and source of inspiration. She has sacrificed and invested an extraordinary amount of emotional, physical, mental, and spiritual energy to keep me, and this fight, afloat and moving forward.
To the many additional family members and friends who collectively sustain and motivate both Mimi and me:
You are the reason this fight for justice, truth, and fairness continues.