Who Owns the Past?

On the one hand, the question "Who owns the past" is ubiquitous in the theme of heritage ethics, so the cultural heritage is about the past. On the other hand, cultural heritage is as important as the current cultural heritage. Future: About how culture relates to contemporary moral debate, and what will be our cultural heritage. However, although a general understanding of cultural heritage is assumed in many discussions, attention to these conceptual assumptions also creates criticisms of moral and political implications. The following subsection deals with conceptual questions about what is cultural heritage.

But in a lawsuit we tested these claims and the controversy emerged as "Who owns the past?" A cockroach of 9000 years ago was discovered on the banks of the Columbia River near Kennewick, Washington State, reminding us of the conflict between the anthropologist and the management of the human body at Indian ancestral Indian land. Anthropologists argue that these wills are the key to the American past and must be studied for the benefit of mankind, and many Indians excavate and study them because their I believe it is a bondage to an ancestor. Kennewick Man became a test case of NAGPRA and became a symbol of the American Indian. In general, the results will determine India 's sovereignty over the past and the future of the 21st century. "Who owns the past?" Studied two ways to observe the world: science and tradition - how the conflict took place in the case of Kennewickmann - science and tradition.

The heart of the conflict is two different, seemingly unreconcilable belief systems. "Who owns the past" Uses the Kennewick case as a framework for exploring the root cause of this dispute. It can be traced back to the origin of American history. By exploring historical events that have led to the controversy over the adoption of NAGPRA and the current controversy over Kennewick Man, this movie provides a clear background for understanding the issues involved. Probably the most important is that the movie reveals two different world views that provide information for this controversy and continue to have a major impact on the future of Indian people and all Americans.