[Alberta's Child]

Why do they want to keep the bones from being studied?

Because allowing the bones to be studied will dispel a lot of dearly-held politically correct myths about the history of North America. My understanding is that "Kennewick Man" is not from one of the indigenous tribes of North America, but is actually of Slavic origin.

It must never, ever, ever be revealed that -- contrary to all prior understanding -- the "white man" was actually here first.

[chiller]

Truth shall set us adrift.

[norton]

Not necessarily "white man" but any gene pool other than what's been entitled "native american".

Turns out that american indians are just as evil and rotten as us euro-invaders - they took it from someone else just like we did and just like their precursors did.

[Restorer]

My understanding is that "Kennewick Man" is not from one of the indigenous tribes of North America, but is actually of Slavic origin.

Not possible. Slavic peoples are those who speak Slavic languages, one sub-group of the Indo-European languages.

10,000 years or so in the past, there were no speakers of these languges, because they didn't exist yet.

The most it might be possible to say is that Kennewick Man was a member of the group from which the Slavs descended.

But that far in the past, today's ethnic groups have very little relevance. For instance, assuming KW was descended from the ancestors of the Slavs. That same group is also the ancestor of the Germanic peoples, the Celtic peoples, and the Hindus. 10,000 years ago was long before these groups split apart.

So is KW related to Lenin or Gandhi?

Actually, he seems to be most closely related to the Ainu, an ancient people of the Japanese Islands that the Japanese practiced genocidal ethnic cleansing on for millenia.

[pepsionice]

There is yet no absolute proof of him being Slavic but the people who would see basic differences and know the facts....have pointed this direction. What the 'Kennewick Man' does to harm the Indians is rather simple...if you can show that someone was on the American contintent prior to 2,000 years ago, and he isn't Indian...you open up a whole debate of who exactly are the Indians in the first place...and thus no importance to their legal cause.

We can already show that Eric the Red beat Columbus to the continent....its almost 95 percent fact now. And in the past 12 months, we have strong evidence that the Chinese actually landed on the continent in 1421...and perhaps left Chinese people here. That doesn't both the Indians too much.

But lets say that you can show that some Spanish heritage folks from 5,000 years ago...found their way across to the continent...then the special status of the Indians crumbles rather quickly. It is already becoming apparent that the Indians from 10,000 to 20,000 years ago hunted down the a number of speciies on the continent and wiped them out. This is something that a lot of liberal groups dispise talking about but will admit its probably true.

Eventually...somewhere along the east coast...we are going to find a second Kennewick Man, and this time....we won't be stupid enough to announce the find...we will go straight to the DNA lab and then announce the results...thus killing off the Indians special status.

[Redcloak]

It's about maintaining the Indians' political position as "The Perfect Victim". In that mythology, the Indian lived peacefully and in harmony with nature. All was perfect and the New World was another Eden... Until the EvilWhiteMan© invaded like locusts from Hell!

Reality is, of course, quite different. The Paleoindians erradicated many native species either through over hunting or habitat destruction. They also pushed out other Neolithic peoples living in the new world. The real Indians, as opposed to the gentle ones of myth, aren't likely to inspire much sympathy. Thus modern Indians, in search of Federal funding, are eager to maintain the myth. The more perfect their existence before we "invaded", the more perfect their victimhood, and the more money they can demand in payment for our "sins". The Democrats want to maintain that money flow as it provides them with votes. This is why the Clintonistas demolished the Kenniwick site and why the 9th Circus is still trying to destroy the bones.

Kenniwick Man threatens the myth and thus the cash flow. This is why they want to destroy his remains. Similarly, any archaeological evidence that supports the theory that others entered the New World from Europe or Africa is suppressed. Those who explore sites that are "too old" or study the similarities between the Clovis and Solutrean cultures often find themselves under attack; usually accused of "racism" or "insensitivity". Any deviation from the PC History of the Americas is suspect and attacked.

Long story short: Follow the money.