Wood received Grimit's report on April 15. We're pleased with the thoroughness of the report. Any failures to comply have been individual failures and not UNL policy. Submission of the 1995 database inventory was accomplished in a timely fashion.
Assertions suggesting it was deliberately falsified are unfounded.
Errors in the preparation of the inventory could, and did, occur which is very understandable considering the massive effort involved and the close judgment calls required in many instances. Those errors have now been rectified. Steps taken by UNL administration and the General Counsel's office to investigate the remains found in 109 Bessey in 1997 were appropriate. There has been no cover-up or intimidation by UNL officials. Small amounts of testing and analysis performed in the early 1990s on remains for purposes other than determining cultural affiliation without authorization of Native American tribes, despite clear warnings from UNL administrative officials.