diff --git a/dsi/backends/aws.py b/dsi/backends/aws.py
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+++ b/dsi/backends/aws.py
@@ -0,0 +1,192 @@
+import sqlite3
+import re
+import subprocess
+from datetime import datetime
+import textwrap
+import os
+import textwrap
+import base64
+import random
+
+from hashlib import sha1
+from dsi.backends.filesystem import Backend
+from collections import OrderedDict
+
+# HPSS backend class
+class AWS(Backend):
+   def __init__(self, region, id, aws_files, role=None):
+        """
+        Initializes AWS backend
+        
+        'region': The aws region
+        'id': The aws id to use
+        `aws_files`: list of files with aws file paths
+        'role': The desired role to use
+        """
+        self.aws_info = OrderedDict()
+        self.aws_file_info = OrderedDict()
+        self.aws_info['region'] = region
+        self.aws_info['id'] = id
+        self.aws_info['role'] = role
+        self.aws_info['profile'] = None
+        for aws_file in aws_files.keys():
+           self.aws_file_info[aws_file] = {
+              'local_path': aws_files[aws_file],
+           }
+
+        self.run_aws_saml()
+        
+   def git_commit_sha(self):
+      pass
+
+
+   def put(self, local_file, remote_file) -> bool:
+      """
+      Puts a local file/directory on AWS
+      """
+
+      result = self.aws_copy(local_file, remote_file)
+
+      return result
+  
+   def get(self, remote_file, local_file) -> bool:
+
+      result = self.aws_copy(remote_file, local_file)
+
+      return result
+  
+   # OLD NAME OF ingest_artifacts(). TO BE DEPRECATED IN FUTURE DSI RELEASE
+   def put_artifacts(self, collection, isVerbose=False):
+      return self.ingest_artifacts(collection, isVerbose)
+
+   def ingest_artifacts(self, collection, isVerbose=False):
+      for f in self.aws_info.keys():
+          self.put(self.aws_info[f]['local_path'], f)
+
+    # DEPRECATING IN FUTURE DSI RELEASE. USE query_artifacts()
+   def get_artifacts(self, query, kwargs):
+      pass
+
+   def query_artifacts(self, query, kwargs):
+      pass
+
+    # DEPRECATING IN FUTURE DSI RELEASE. USE notebook()
+   def inspect_artifacts(self, kwargs):
+      pass
+
+   def notebook(self, kwargs):
+      pass
+
+    # DEPRECATING IN FUTURE DSI RELEASE. USE process_artifacts()
+   def read_to_artifacts(self, kwargs):
+      pass
+
+   def process_artifacts(self, kwargs):
+      pass
+
+   def find(self, query_object, kwargs):
+      pass
+
+   def find_table(self, query_object, kwargs):
+      pass
+
+   def find_column(self, query_object, kwargs):
+      pass
+
+   def find_cell(self, query_object, kwargs):
+      pass
+
+   def close(self):
+      pass
+
+   def run_aws_saml(self):
+      command = ["aws-saml-cmd"]
+      arg_list = ['-r', self.aws_info['region'], '-id', self.aws_info['id']]
+      if self.aws_info['role'] is not None:
+          arg_list += ['-ro', self.aws_info['role']]
+          
+      command += arg_list
+      
+      stdout = ""
+      stderr = ""
+      returncode = -1
+      try:
+         process = subprocess.Popen(command, stdin=subprocess.DEVNULL, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE, text=True)
+         stdout, stderr = process.communicate()
+         returncode = process.communicate()
+      except FileNotFoundError as e:
+         print("Error running aws-saml-cmd: %s" % e)
+
+      print(stdout)
+      if len(stdout) > 0:
+          for line in stdout.splitlines():
+              line = line.strip()
+
+              if "Configured aws profile:" not in line:
+                  continue
+
+              tokens = line.split(': ')
+              if len(tokens) != 2:
+                  continue
+              self.aws_info['profile'] = tokens[1]
+#              print(self.aws_info)
+              
+      return stdout, stderr, returncode
+
+   def run_aws(self, subcmd, arg_list):
+      """
+      Runs aws command wth the supplied subcmd and arguments
+      """
+
+      profile = self.aws_info['profile']
+      command = ["aws", "--profile", profile, "s3", subcmd]
+      command += arg_list
+
+      stdout = ""
+      stderr = ""
+      returncode = -1
+      try:
+         process = subprocess.Popen(command, stdin=subprocess.DEVNULL, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE, text=True)
+         
+         stdout, stderr = process.communicate()
+         returncode = process.communicate()
+      except FileNotFoundError as e:
+         print("Error running aws: %s" % e)
+         
+      return stdout, stderr, returncode
+
+   def aws_sync(self, source_dir, dest_dir) -> bool:
+      """
+      Syncs a directory to or from aws
+      source_dir: a local directory or an s3:// path
+      dest_dir: a local directory or an s3:// path
+
+      returns: True for success or False on failure
+      """
+
+      result = True
+      stdout, stderr, returncode = self.run_aws('sync', [source_dir, dest_dir])
+      print(stdout)
+      if returncode:
+          print(stderr)
+          result = False
+
+      return result
+
+   def aws_copy(self, source_file, dest_file) -> bool:
+      """
+      Copies an aws remote file to a local directory
+      source_file: a local file or an s3:// path
+      dest_file: a local file or an s3:// path
+
+      returns: True for success or False on failure
+      """
+
+      result = True
+      stdout, stderr, returncode = self.run_aws('cp', [source_file, dest_file])
+      print(stdout)
+      if returncode:
+          result = False
+          print(stderr)
+
+      return result
diff --git a/dsi/backends/tests/test_aws.py b/dsi/backends/tests/test_aws.py
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+++ b/dsi/backends/tests/test_aws.py
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+import git
+from collections import OrderedDict
+
+from dsi.backends.aws import AWS
+import os
+
+def test_aws():
+    files = { 'wildfiredata.csv': {'local_path': '/path_to/dsi/examples/wildfire/wildfiredata.csv'} }
+     #aws-saml-cmd -r us-gov-west-1 -id your_aws_id
+    store = AWS('us-gov-west-1', 'your_aws_id', files)
+    store.close()
+    assert True
+    # No error implies success
+
+def test_aws_put():
+    files = { 'wildfiredata.csv': {'local_path': '/path_to/dsi/examples/wildfire/wildfiredata.csv'} }
+    store = AWS('us-gov-west-1', 'your_aws_id', files)
+    store.put(files['wildfiredata.csv']['local_path'], 's3://your_bucket_name/')
+    store.close()
+    assert True
+
+def test_aws_get():
+    files = { 'wildfiredata.csv': {'local_path': '/path_to/dsi/examples/data/wildfiredata_copied.csv'} }
+    store = AWS('us-gov-west-1', 'your_aws_id', files)
+    store.get('s3://your_bucket_name/wildfiredata.csv', files['wildfiredata.csv']['local_path'])
+    store.close()
+    assert True
+
+def test_aws_sync_remote_to_local():
+    files = { 'tmp': {'local_path': '/path_to/dsi/dsi/backends/tests'} }
+    store = AWS('us-gov-west-1', 'your_aws_id', files)
+    store.aws_sync('s3://your_bucket_name/tmp', files['tmp']['local_path'])
+    store.close()
+    assert True
+
+def test_aws_sync_local_to_remote():
+    files = { 'tmp': {'local_path': '/path_to/dsi/dsi/backends/tests/tmp'} }
+    store = AWS('us-gov-west-1', 'your_aws_id', files)
+    store.aws_sync(files['tmp']['local_path'], 's3://your_bucket_name/tmp')
+    store.close()
+    assert True
diff --git a/requirements.extras.txt b/requirements.extras.txt
index 1c675e10..911266e1 100644
--- a/requirements.extras.txt
+++ b/requirements.extras.txt
@@ -4,4 +4,5 @@ nbformat>=5.10.2
 graphviz>=0.20.3
 opencv-python>=4.9.0.80
 duckdb>=1.2.0
-xmltodict>=0.14.2
\ No newline at end of file
+xmltodict>=0.14.2
+git+https://gitlab.aws.lanl.gov/cpt/lanl-saml-cloud.git@latest#egg=lanl-saml-cloud