For many indigenous groups, sensitive materials including human remains, funerary objects and sacred objects retain a profound importance to living communities. In part due to private collection practices of the twentieth century, many culturally-sensitive objects—sometimes unknowingly—have become part of museum collections worldwide. While many descendent communities have or will seek repatriation of such materials, the display and care of sensitive objects while in custody of museums is a major concern. This thesis seeks to provide curatorial and collections management recommendations that address both traditional indigenous beliefs and modern curation standards as they pertain to the identification, display, storage and handling of culturally-sensitive objects found in privately-amassed collections. The research conducted for this study involved an inventory review of the Chappell Collection located at the BLM Anasazi Heritage Center in Dolores, Colorado. As a collection receiving federal funding from the United States, culturally-sensitive funerary objects applicable under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) comprise approximately one-third of the entire Chappell Collection. Although the curation management guidelines provided within this thesis are specific to the Chappell Collection, this case study seeks to provide a framework for other institutions to not only identify sensitive objects within formerly private collections, but also work with indigenous groups to develop new curation standards and exhibit content with respect to extant cultures.