Institute for Canine Forensics

Established in 1997

Working Cracks

Jasper work along cracks in asphalt for human remains scent.

Echo Alerting Grave

Echo is alerting on a historic grave during training at Union Historic Cemetery

John and Kayle Searching

Working Cracks

Jasper work along cracks in asphalt for human remains scent.

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A Non-Invasive Search Tool to Locate Human Remains

Our Services

We help you locate burials of your prehistoric ancestors or historic cemeteries for the purpose of preservation and construction mitigation by using highly trained and certified dog and handler teams.

Timber Yellow Robe, Henry Standing Bear, and Wounded Yellow Robe, All in Native Dress.jpeg

Portrait of Wounded Yellow Robe, Henry Standing Bear, and Timber Yellow Robe; All in Schoo

We help you mitigate damage to your sacred prehistoric burials or historic cemetery from proposed construction by identifying burials before ground breaking begins.

We can help you locate lost burials, burial grounds, cemeteries and their boundaries.

ICF is experienced in providing specially-trained dogs to survey Indian Residential Schools, searching for the burials of children who perished.

Photo of children in native dress and school uniform. Permission authorized by the National Anthropological Archives.