"Essential to whom, for what? Interesting, maybe, but "essential"? Everyone's doing just fine knowing nada about Kennewick Man."
It's essential for science and for America because the vast majority of citizens past and present have been under the impression they "stole" the land, and that we don't belong here and that our voices should be silenced on matters such as immigration because we're "bad white man." What if it turns out white man was exterminated by the Indians? Or another people such as Polynesians? Maybe KM was mixed race?
I don't want my kids to be told they don't belong in America because of the color of their skin. That's what I learned. White guilt, enforced in history class.
This is monumental, regardless of the ethnicity of Kennewick man. We and all of our ancestors have been taught and untruth. It's now time to let all Americans know how truly diverse our nation is.
What is essential, tax chick, is that Americans don't learn the truth about their nation's heritage, because if we do, what do the so-called native Americans have to hold over our head for their government checks and casinos?
Interesting point.
We don't do racial guilt, so I'm left with "potentially interesting research," nonetheless.