GGG Ping.
You are likely correct.
But, gathering these bones, and burying them, with government acknowledgment that they belong to their ‘tribe’, means a continuation of government funding.
It means they establish permanently that they ‘owned’ the North American continent, tribe by tribe, and we owe them for it.
Ironic, coming from a culture that professed to not being able to ‘own’ the land.
I guaran-damn-tee-ya that, if the Indians who now exist had ANY relationship with the ones represented by the bones, they were MORTAL FREAKIN' ENEMIES AND HAD NO USE FOR EACH OTHER! What a bunch of claptrap the present tribes raise with predictable regularity. It is a freakin' joke.
How curious, that once dead these humans become chattel! The profit motive overpowers the gift economy. Capitalism wins!
Why not? They'd make a great tourist attraction for their casinos.
Interesting post.
This tribe also in the eastern part of San Diego County has a large Resourrt Hotel and Casino along with Spas, restaurants, Golf courses, Tennis, etc.
I remember reading a long time ago about a native group in that area, called the San Dieguito Indians, who were much more primitive than any of the other tribes of the area, and eventually disappeared.
The chances are there were many different tribes there over the millennia. The linguistic evidence might help determine how long the Kumayyay (sp) were there--who are they related to?
Currently the oldest such connection within California is 5,300 years (ancient skeleton to living lineal descendant).
There is an even older connection (10,300 years) between a southern Alaskan skeleton and living descendants stretching from southern California to the tip of South America.
Both of these seem to be associated with one or more early coastal migrations.
“We no longer want them disrespected.”
Let’s see...if science could learn something important from examining the bones of one of my distant ancestors, I would oppose it because...
Anybody? I’m stuck.
It was probably just a tenured professor.
Here is the issue the article does not mention. Kennewick man was not native american genetically. White most likely, possibly japanese. OOpsie big problem if you are native american that claim that you were basically born out of the land... ( I am choctaw) all the sudden there is another older group of inhabitants in the land... then the question comes....
If we came second, can we be called “Native americans” ?
And if we survived and drove the real native americans off the land that really screws up our whole iron eyes coty ( Who was Sicilian not indian btw) victim image.
So tribes are trying to bury these guys as fast as possible.
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Better.
PS: If you live in Kalifornia, as these self proclaimed 'tribes' do, they also want to hugely increase the number of slot machines and extension of non-state & non-federal laws that they're authorized by the state of Kalifornia in exchange for the fiscal cut they hand the politicians of said state. Dollars that the 'gaming tribes' determine for you and that will never reach the causes Ahnold tells us they will magically assist.
Whenever I see facial reconstructions of these ancient skulls, I always think “Well, he looks like a native american to me.”
I have it on good authority that there have been lots of bones buried at UCSD !.........:o)