[bruinbirdman]

Re: Kennewick Man

As I recall, the Washington Indians want nothing to do with this dude. If his ancestry is verified it would ruin about 90% of, ahem, "native American" claims concerning ancestral rights, many of which have been written into law.

yitbos

[blam]

David Chatters, the archaeologist who did the major work on Kennewick Man, in his book, Ancient Encounters, said that the Indians spit on him, physically assaulted and threatened to kill him. (...and a lot of other shenigans)

The Clintons ordered the Corps Of Engineers to destroy the discovery site by hauling in dirt, rocks and etc. and covered the site and would not allow further evacuation. It got pretty hot and heavy for a while.