Research

Dr. Raff and her students collaborate with tribes and descendant communities to investigate population histories of Indigenous peoples across North America using genomes from ancient and contemporary individuals. You can learn more about their research here. Here is an article outlining the philosophy of the research group with regard to tribal sovereignty and respectful research (in the context of one of their projects).

If you are interested in the potential for using DNA to explore your community’s history, you can reach her by email at jennifer.raff@ku.edu.