The Kennewick Man is skeleton remains

The Kennewick Man is skeleton remains that date back to over 9,200 historic period ago. The remains were found along the Columbia River in Washington State July of 1996 and since that time, eleven years ago, the remains have been in limbo. The debate rests on who are entitled to the remains and in what context the remains should be handled. at that place are three sides fighting for the remains the scientific community, the Mid-Columbian Tribal leaders and the Asatru kinship group Assembly.Each have arguments on wherefore they should have control and lease 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 interpret and two that this could answer long awaited questions of who we are and where we came from. Something fundamental to all human beings, but since the respect moral and ethical questions have been raised that will define cu ltural beliefs and religious practices that will affect many in the United States.Lets beget by discussing the Native American fight. The Wanapum Band, The Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, 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 change proposed that would let recognized tribes claim remains even though no clear genetic connections were made. But on November 1, 2007 federal legislation gave protection to the opportunity of scientific study of the ancient remains. (http//www.kennewich-man.com).The scientific community of sociologist, anthropo logist and archeologist believe this find is important to discovering how North America was live 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 possession of the remains now and is conducing research. James Chatters was the original scientist that worked on finding and cataloguing much of the remains. There were eight anthropologists that sued the federal government for the remunerate to study the remains they include six from universities across America and two from the Smithsonian Institute their names are Douglas Owsley, Dennis Stanford, Robison Binnichsen nobility Steele, C. Loring Brace, George Gill, C. Vance Hanes Jr. and Richard Lantz. Their argument 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 there is the Asatru Folk Assembly this group 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 capital of Ohio 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 withal assert the importance to everyone in finding out the truth. This group believes in practicing Germanic and Celtic religious practices that date back several thousand years beginning 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 inference suggesting the lack of traceable kinship to any of the American India n tribes in modern times, the Secretary of Interior determined that a shared group individuality did indeed exist with a small number of native 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 amongst the Kennewick man and modern tribal groups. (http//physanth.org/positions/kennewick.html).After reading all of the material and researching I found several facts that I thought helped me to come to certain conclusions on who is right in this fight and who might be wrong. At first when I saw the reconstruction of the skull done 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 desoxyribonucleic acid could not be obtained because o f the Indians belief against such scientific study and that there were laws protecting this belief. I did learn though that there are some anthropologists that nullify 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 calamity there has been study and research conducted on the remains, which to me should be sufficient data 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 nine or ten years of study and research that no one has come up with any real clear data, then it good wont happen. I myself find it offensive that the Smithsonian still has stuffed humans in the basement of their institution and that this clearly shows sum up lack of consideration for cultures and humans around the globe. Sometimes mysteries, even 9,000 year old 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