The Kennewick Man is skeleton remains

The Kennewick Man is skeletal system clay that date back to e veryplace 9,200 age ago. The the Great Compromiser were institute along the Columbia River in capital of the unify States State July of 1996 and since that time, eleven years ago, the dust contri only ife been in limbo. The make do rests on who argon entitled to the remain and in what context the remain should be handled. There are three sides fighting for the remains the scientific conjunction, the Mid-Columbian Tribal leaders and the Asatru Folk Assembly.Each have arguments on why they should have control and make decisions on what should happen to the remains. When looking over the facts in this case one thing stands out that cannot be ignored. That one this is a very important archeological and historical find and two that this could outcome long awaited questions of who we are and where we came from. Something fundamental to all human beings, but since the find moral and ethical questions have been rais ed that volition bushel cultural beliefs and sacred practices that will affect many in the United States.Lets begin by discussing the Native the Statesn fight. The Wanapum Band, The Confederated Tribes of the Colville engagement, The Nez Perce Tribe, The Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation and The Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakima Nation believe the remains are that of their ancient ancestors and want the remains to be reburied.They believe that scientific study conducted or will be conducted makes little of the living tribal members. On October 4, 2007 the Senate Committee approved a bill for the Native Americans to claim the remains. At that time it was the third depart proposed that would let recognized tribes claim remains even though no clear genetic connections were made. But on November 1, 2007 Federal legislation gave security department to the opportunity of scientific study of the ancient remains. (http//www.kennewich-man.com).The scienti fic community of sociologist, anthropologist and archeologist believe this find is important to discovering how North America was populated 9,000 years ago. Their belief is that the Kennewick man is more than likely related to the ancient Jomon. They are ancestors of the Ainu people of Japan. This varies from most accepted ancient history books.Doug Owsley, a rhetorical anthropologist for the Museum of Natural History at the Smithsonian Institute in Washington D.C. has stubbornness of the remains now and is conducing research. James Chatters was the original scientist that worked on finding and cataloguing frequently of the remains. There were eight anthropologists that sued the federal government for the right to study the remains they include six from universities across America and two from the Smithsonian Institute their label are Douglas Owsley, Dennis Stanford, Robison Binnichsen Gentry Steele, C. Loring Brace, George Gill, C. Vance Hanes Jr. and Richard Lantz. Their argu ment is that no proof exists that the skeleton has any relationship to any present tribes in the Mid-Columbia and that the remains are of European descent.Then in that location is the Asatru Folk Assembly this root is claiming kinship to the remains and believes that these are the remains showing that there was early migration of Europeans to North America thousands of years before the arrival of Christopher Columbus and that the study of these remains will prove this. A vital key to proving their beliefs they have sided with the scientific community in the battle for scientific study and also assert the magnificence to everyone in finding out the truth. This concourse believes in practicing Germanic and Celtic religious practices that date back several thousand years etymon in Europe. They assert that their decedents are spread around the globe. The name of the group comes from the Old Norse language.Even though there has been overwhelming scientific grounds suggesting the i nadequacy of traceable kinship to any of the American Indian tribes in modern times, the Secretary of Interior determined that a shared group identity did indeed exist with a small number of autochthonal groups that currently live in the Kennewick area. The Secretaries findings rest solely on the geographical context of the find and on oral traditions, while physical anthropological and archeological studies show that there is no biological connection and there are cultural differences amid the Kennewick man and modern tribal groups. (http//physanth.org/positions/kennewick.html).After reading material all of the material and researching I found several facts that I view helped me to come to certain conclusions on who is right in this fight and who superpower be wrong. At first when I saw the reconstruction of the skull through by forensic anthropologist, I saw a man that did not resemble native North American Indians. It definitely looked like a man of European decent. I found it problematic that DNA could not be obtained because of the Indians belief against such scientific study and that there were laws protect this belief. I did learn though that there are some anthropologists that counterbalance the belief of the skull not being an ancestor of the Indians and found it to be very confusing.I believe that something so important should be studied, but felt that since it was found on government land and there is an agreement that was made between the tribes and government that all remains should be returned to the tribes for burial in their religious beliefs. Since the beginning of this incident there has been study and research conducted on the remains, which to me should be sufficient entropy to be produced on what exactly this find means. So why not make a compromise and return the remains to their lawful owners (the Indians) and let the scientific community keep whatever data they have compiled on the remains?Morally I feel that if after(prenominal ) nine or ten years of study and research that no one has come up with any real clear data, therefore it reasonable wont happen. I myself find it offensive that the Smithsonian salvage has stuffed humans in the basement of their institution and that this clearly shows total lack of consideration for cultures and humans around the globe. Sometimes mysteries, even 9,000 year sr. mysteries, can never be solved and we all need to just accept this.Referencehttp//www.usatoday.com/tech/science/columnist/vergano/206-02-27-kennewick-man_x.htm