Posted on 06/29/2005 5:49:30 AM PDT by Pharmboy
Four Northwest Indian tribes had opposed the study, claiming the skeleton could be an ancestor who should be buried.
Someone should show up with a copy of "Kon-Tiki" or "The Ra Experdition" and say, "Hey he could be a Polynesian".
"Four Northwest Indian tribes had opposed the study, claiming the skeleton could be an ancestor who should be buried. The Interior Department and the Army Corps of Engineers had sided with the tribes."
Another example of PC gone wild.
Science is science, and fact is fact, no matter where it leads. (And who cares, anyway, whether some "white" people
migrated here before some "red" people? What happened to the "brotherhood of man" idea? Or is that incompatable with PC?)
What! And cast doubt on who were the First Americans?
"Legislation remains under consideration in Congress that would allow federally recognized tribes to claim ancient remains even if they cannot prove a link to a current tribe."
THIS IS MCCAIN'S DOING!
Mebbe it's DB Cooper!
The tribes are livid that this skeleton could show that white Europeans were in the Americas before the "Native" Americans. What they are also afraid of is the thought that these white Europeans were wiped out by their late arriving ancestors.
I am an Archaeologist, and I know they have very little to worry about because the field is so permeated by leftists that most likely the findings will conclude that the Indians had to kill off the evil whites who were actually destroying the land or some such nonsense.
Did they find a bag of money with him?
Don't forget the McLame amendment to some pending legislation, which would halt the scientists' work in its tracks.
How politically correct of them [/sarcasm]
If they did, they were smart enough to divvy it up among themselves and not tell anyone.
...once and for all the question of who arrived in America first will be answered....if the results are not on the native Americans' side...does that mean that all casino distribtions to these "native" Americans will be rescinded? Will we finally be able to use the phrase "Home of the Brave" without being politically insensitive?
We're waiting.
Check the dental records!!
Gimme 10 minutes...
>Legislation remains under consideration in Congress that would allow federally recognized tribes to claim ancient remains even if they cannot prove a link to a current tribe.<
Yeah, we need a law to ensure facts are never revealed.
Can't allow any scientific evidence to surface that might conflict with a P.C. agenda.
distribtions = distributions....(more coffee)...
The "Native" tribes are fighting this one and some other skeletal examinations because there is a very good chance that the testing will prove that Europeans/Africans were here either before or at about the same time as they were. It would destroy their moral/legal claims to the continent.
LOL!!
It won't hurt, right Doc?
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