The Helena Indian Alliance has a mission to advocate for Indigenous peoples in the Helena community, but one of their latest projects is bringing that mission to a group over 1,500 miles away.

"I never thought this job would take me the places it has," said Katelyn Griepp. "This is probably a once-in-a-lifetime thing to be a part of."

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She is the administration manager at Helena Indian Alliance (HIA).

"It's kind of been passed down to each person in the position," Griepp said.

She is spearheading HIA's effort to repatriate ceramics back to the Quapaw Nation in Arkansas.

Griepp said, "I kind of went down a rabbit hole."

HIA has had the artifacts in its archives for nearly 25 years, after a family donated them following their father's passing.

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