Kennewick Man and the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA)

Kennewickman is one of the most complete ancient plaques ever discovered. This discovery has led to academic and public debate about the legal and ethical meaning of anthropological studies on the native American human body. The Kennewick controversy has questioned the ability of the Native American cemetery protection and return law (NAGPRA) to balance tribes, museums and archaeological interests in ancient ruins. Kennewick Man was discovered on 28 July 1996 under the Wallula of the Columbia River in Washington State.

However, according to the Native American Cemetery Protection and Returning Act (NAGPRA), five native American tribes claim that Kenneth Wickman is the ancestor. This law passed in 1990, allowing Native Americans to remove ancestral bones from museum collections and to delete items related to tombs and religious activities. Since then, the legal struggle has intensified. Contributing Kennewick ruins to Native Americans hinders archaeologists from obtaining important sources, but giving them to scientists is believed to go back ten thousand years ago the oral history of Native Americans Constitute a direct denial of. before

When Kennewick Man was discovered publicly, many Native American tribes and organizations began repatriating procedures under the NAGPRA (National Aboriginal Graves Protection and Retrtration Act). Five Colombian basin tribes consisting of Umatilla, Nez Perce, Yakama, Colville and Wanapum made a claim against the ruins. Four of the Umatila, Nepers, Yakama, and Wanapum tribes wanted relocation of the ruins. Armond Minthorn of Umatilla's trustee and religious leader wrote as follows.

On Thursday, January 13 th, 2000, the Kennewick survey was conducted at the ages of 9,320 and 9,510, and became Native American. Therefore, it was protected by the Native American Graves protection and return method (NAGPRA). Constraints Although the term "native American indigenous people" is defined, it is still considered to belong to indigenous Americans (archaeology.about.com/library/weekly/aa011400.htm 2002, 1). In the letter to the engineer's team, the National Park Service stated that the will will be bound by NAGPRA, leaving the rest to the indigenous tribes of Kennewick. The problem is to find a modern tribe which is the direct descendant of Kennewick. There are now five tribes claiming that Kennewick is their ancestors, Umatilla, Corbir, Wannapum, Nez Pearce, and Yakama (oregonlive.com Patterson, 1)