The Jefferson Exchange

Oregon State leaders work with Native nations on a process of returning artifacts


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From left to right: Chief Jefferson Greene Jr., Wasco Chief, Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs; Wilson Wewa, Tribal Council, Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs; Jayathi Murthy, Oregon State University president; Scott Vignos, Oregon State vice president and chief diversity officer; Dawn Marie Alapisco, director of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act office at Oregon State; Chance White-Eyes, director of Tribal relations at Oregon State; Chief Doug Barrett, Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians. (Alteza Films / Oregon State University)

Oregon State University has partnered with nine federally recognized tribes in Oregon to build a campus venue that will be used to facilitate the repatriation of tribal ancestral and cultural items currently under the university's stewardship.

Dawn Marie Alapisco joins the Exchange. She is Director of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) Office at Oregon State.

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The Jefferson ExchangeBy Mike Green