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The significance of the Kennewick man to Native Americans is that they desire to label it as one of their ancient ancestors, and honor it in the customary fashions typical of their people. The significance of the remains to the scientific community,and particularly the archaeological field, is that from the established institutions and their documentation … Read more
The Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), was established by Congress in 1990 “to protect cemeteries on federal and tribal lands, and to provide a way to return the human skeletal material and associated funerary objects in the nation’s scientific and museum collections to culturally affiliated tribes” (Jew 4). The enforcement of this … Read more
The Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), was established by Congress in 1990 “to protect cemeteries on federal and tribal lands, and to provide a way to return the human skeletal material and associated funerary objects in the nation’s scientific and museum collections to culturally affiliated tribes” (Jew 4). The enforcement of this … Read more
