Kennewick Man: Perspectives on the Ancient One (Archaeology and Indigenous Peoples)

Kennewick Man, known as the Ancient One to Native Americans, has been the lightning rod for conflict between archaeologists and indigenous peoples in the United States. A decade-long legal case pitted scientists against Native American communities and highlighted the shortcomings of the Native American Graves and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), designed to protect Native remains. In this volume, we hear from the many sides of this issue--archaeologists, tribal leaders, and others--as well as views from the international community. The wider implications of the case and its resolution is explored. Comparisons are made to similar cases in other countries and how they have been handled. Appendixes provide the legal decisions, appeals, and chronology to allow full exploration of this landmark legal struggle. An ideal starting point for discussion of this case in anthropology, archaeology, Native American studies, and cultural property law courses. Sponsored by the World Archaeological Congress Foreword : The Dead Have No Rights? / David Hurst Thomas -- Perspectives On The Ancient One / Heather Burke, Claire Smith -- Kennewick : A Timeline Of Events, 1996-2007 ; A Review Of Stability In Plateau Culture Area Burial Practices / Roderick Sprague -- Voices Of The Tribal Coalition 1: Ancient One/kennewick Man : (former) Tribal Chair Questions Scientists' Motives And Credibility / Donald Sampson -- Human Remains Should Be Reburied / Armand Minthorn -- The Appeal Decision And The Construction Of Heritage : Introduction To The Reprint Of An Anthropological Perspective On Magistrate Jelderks's Kennewick Man Decision / Darby C. Stapp -- An Anthropological Perspective On Magistrate Jelderks's Kennewick Man Decision / Peter N. Jones, Darby C. Stapp, Peter N. Jones -- Law And Bones And What The Meaning Of Is'' Is / Steve Russell -- Kennewick Man, The Native American Graves Protection And Repatriation Act, And The World Archaeological Congress : A Matter Of Heritage Law / Joel B. Gilman -- Kennewick Man : A Virtual Political Object Under Construction'' / Ann M. Kakaliouras -- Are These My People? / Guy Moura -- A Voice Must Be Heard / Rechanda Lee -- Voices Of The Tribal Coalition 2 : Respect And Honor / John Eli Sirois -- The Ancient One / Harvey Moses, Jr. -- After Kennewick : The Wider Repercussions Of Nagpra / James D. Nason -- Colonizing America : Paleoamericans In The New World / Michelle D. Hamilton -- The Law Is An Ass: A Perspective On The Ancient One / Thomas F. King -- My Mother Married A White Man / Walter Bigbee -- Whose Family? Negotiating Stewardship Of The Ancestors / Pei-lin Yu -- Voices Of The Tribal Coalition 3 : Comments Regarding The Ancient One'' / Barbara Friedlander Aripa -- An Interview With Adeline Fredin -- Learning From Kennewick 1 : The Case For Science : Exploring The Kennewick Connection / C. Loring Brace, Noriko Seguchi, Mary L. Brace -- Kennewick Man And Assessments Of Race'' Using A Variety Of Research Methods / Kristi A. Grinde Ancestors, Anthropology, And Knowledge / Lynn Copes -- Voices Of The Tribal Coalition 4 : An Interview With Joe Pakootas -- The Practice Of Archaeology (and Archaeologists) Governing Kennewick / Laurajane Smith -- Kennewick Man/the Ancient One : Critical Whiteness And The Practice Of Archaeology / Jodi Barnes -- Ownership Or Stewardship? Cultural Affiliation And Archaeological Ethics As Social Ethics / Edward A. Jolie -- Archaeology As Activism / Adam Fish -- My Own Personal Kennewick Man'' / Ian Thompson -- Kennewick Man : What Does The Future Hold? / Deward E. Walker, Jr. -- Archaeology The Tribal Way : Reestablishing The Boundaries Of Culture / Ora Marek-martinez -- Voices Of The Tribal Coalition 5 : An Interview With Connie Johnston ; An Interview With Mary A. Marchand -- Learning From Kennewick 2 : Comparative Case Studies Cultural Return, Restitution, And The Limits Of Possibility / Lynn Meskell -- Moving Beyond Kennewick : Other Native American Perspectives On Bioarchaeological Data And Intellectual Property Rights / George P. Nicholas, John Jules, Carrie Dan -- Voices Of The Future : A View From Outside The United States / Miguel Aguilar -- Learning From Our Old People And The Politics Of Being Indigenous : A Ngarrindjeri Response To The Ancient One Case / Christopher Wilson -- Listening And Respecting Across Generations And Beyond Borders : The Ancient One And Kumarangk (hindmarsh Island) / Steve Hemming, Daryle Rigney, Christopher Wilson -- Law Or Lore? Speaking Sovereignty In The Kennewick Case / Sven Ouzman -- Body And Soul: Crossing A Great Distance / Alejandro Haber -- Epilog : Those Funfunfunnybones / Roger Echo-hawk. Heather Burke ... [et Al.], Editors. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Cover Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Contents FOREWORD The Dead Have No Rights? 1. Perspectives on the Ancient One BACKGROUND 2. Kennewick: A Timeline of Events, 1996–2007 3. A Review of Stability in Plateau Culture Area Burial Practices VOICES OF THE TRIBAL COALITION 4. Ancient One/Kennewick Man: (Former) Tribal Chair Questions Scientists’ Motives and Credibility 5. Human Remains Should Be Reburied THE APPEAL DECISION AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF HERITAGE Introduction to the Reprint of an Anthropological Perspective on Magistrate Jelderks’s Kennewick Man Decision 6. An Anthropological Perspective on Magistrate Jelderks’s Kennewick Man Decision Addendum: The 9th Circuit’s Decision on the Kennewick Man Appeal 7. Law and Bones and What the Meaning of “Is” Is 8. Kennewick Man, the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, and the World Archaeological Congress: A Matter of Heritage Law 9. Kennewick Man: A Virtual Political Object “Under Construction” 10. Are These My People? 11. A Voice Must Be Heard VOICES OF THE TRIBAL COALITION 12. Respect and Honor 13. The Ancient One AFTER KENNEWICK: THE WIDER REPERCUSSIONS OF NAGPRA 14. Owning Indians: NAGPRA Redux 15. Colonizing America: Paleoamericans in the New World 16. The Law Is an Ass: A Perspective on the Ancient One 17. My Mother Married a White Man 18. Whose Family? Negotiating Stewardship of the Ancestors VOICES OF THE TRIBAL COALITION 19. Comments Regarding the “Ancient One” 20. An Interview with Adeline Fredin LEARNING FROM KENNEWICK 1: THE CASE FOR SCIENCE 21. Exploring the Kennewick Connection 22. Kennewick Man and Assessments of “Race” Using a Variety of Research Methods 23. Ancestors, Anthropology, and Knowledge VOICES OF THE TRIBAL COALITION 24. An Interview with Joe Pakootas THE PRACTICE OF ARCHAEOLOGY (AND ARCHAEOLOGISTS) 25. Governing Kennewick 26. Kennewick Man/the Ancient One: Critical Whiteness and the Practice of Archaeology 27. Ownership or Stewardship? Cultural Affiliation and Archaeological Ethics as Social Ethics 28. Archaeology as Activism 29. My Own Personal “Kennewick Man” 30. Kennewick Man: What Does the Future Hold? 31. Archaeology the Tribal Way: Reestablishing the Boundaries of Culture VOICES OF THE TRIBAL COALITION 32. An Interview with Connie Johnston 33. An Interview with Mary A. Marchand LEARNING FROM KENNEWICK 2: COMPARATIVE CASE STUDIES 34. Cultural Return, Restitution, and the Limits of Possibility 35. Moving beyond Kennewick: Other Native American Perspectives on Bioarchaeological Data and Intellectual Property Rights 36. Voices of the Future: A View from Outside the United States 37. Learning from Our Old People and the Politics of Being Indigenous: A Ngarrindjeri Response to the Ancient One Case 38. Listening and Respecting across Generations and beyond Borders: The Ancient One and Kumarangk (Hindmarsh Island) 39. Law or Lore? Speaking Sovereignty in the Kennewick Case 40. Body and Soul: Crossing a Great Distance EPILOG 41. Those Funfunfunnybones INDEX ABOUT THE AUTHORS Kennewick Man, known as the Ancient One to Native Americans, has been the lightning rod for conflict between archaeologists and Indigenous peoples in the United States. A decade-long legal case pitted scientists against Native American communities and highlighted the shortcomings of the Native American Graves and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), designed to protect Native remains. In this volume, we hear from the many sides of this issue - archaeologists, tribal leaders, heritage managers, and others - as well as views from members of the international community, who explore the wider implications of the case and its resolution. Comparisons are made to similar cases in other countries and how conflict has been handled elsewhere by Indigenous peoples, governments, and scientists. Appendixes provide the legal decisions, appeals, and chronology to allow full exploration of this landmark legal struggle. Kennewick Man: Perspectives on the Ancient One is an ideal starting point for discussion of this case in anthropology, archaeology, Native American studies, and cultural property law courses. Sponsored by the World Archaeological Congress. (Publisher)