Kenniwick Man

[David Lewis]

>Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1998 11:35:07 -0800
>From: dharry at niec.net (Debra Harry)
>Subject: Re: Kenniwick Man
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>To: David Lewis <coyotez at OREGON.UOREGON.EDU>
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>Thanks for your message.  You'll be interested in the following call for
>support for a protest and rally on this very issue next month.  Please
>circulate.
>Debra Harry
>
>
>Call for Support and Attendance!
>
>"HONOR OUR ANCESTORS"
>Intertribal Protest Rally & Gathering
>Santa Fe, New Mexico
>December 10-12, 1998
>
>A Message from Chairman Joseph A. Pakootas
>
>Greetings from the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation
>(Colville Tribes).  We are a confederation of 12 bands of indigenous native
>people and one of 26 American Indian Sovereign Nations located in the State
>of Washington.
>
>One of the bands in our tribal society is the Palus and the descendants of
>the Palus may very well be the direct relations of the Ancient One, also
>know as the Kennewick Man.  We believe that the Ancient One was one of our
>people.
>
>The Ancient One was accidentally unearthed along the Columbia River near
>the city of Kennewick, Washington in July 1996.  The 9,200 year-old remains
>are currently stored at the Burkes Museum in Seattle, Washington.  We have
>been actively involved in efforts to stop scientific examination of the
>remains and to exercise our sovereign right to rebury the Ancient One in an
>appropriate manner.
>
>We have allocated $20,000 from our tribal coffers for seed money and
>partial sponsorship of the "Honor Our Ancestors" Protest Rally and
>Gathering to be held in Santa Fe, New Mexico on December 10-12, 1998, the
>site of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA)
>Review Committee meeting.
>
>Please join us as we voice opposition to the dishonorable treatment of our
>ancient skeletal remains and the violations of our cultural ways and
>traditional beliefs.  We ask that you send generous contributions to the
>non-profit fund that has been set up to facilitate this event; and that you
>come to Santa Fe, New Mexico for our show of solidarity as we protest
>against the on-going, anti-Native American treatment of our ancestors.
>
>Send your monetary contributions to:  Honor Our Ancestors, c/o Native
>Visions Arts Center, PO Box 7322, Albuquerque, NM  87194.  For information
>and assistance, contact Marla BigBoy, Colville Reservation Attorney,
>Colville Tribes (509) 634-2381.
>
>You will receive flyers, programs and other pertinent information about
>this important event shortly.  Please, join us in this critical effort to
>bring national and international attention to the plight of the innocent
>indigenous remains of our people.  Lend your support to the Honor Our
>Ancestors protest rally and gathering in Santa Fe, New Mexico during the
>second week in December.
>
>Respectfully,
>
>Joseph A. Pakootas, Colville Business Council
>Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation
>
>
>At 11:29 AM 11/19/98 -0800, you wrote:
>>I would like to know how the scientists would feel if a group of natives
>>were to dig up the scientists' families and begin scrutinizing their
>>ancestry. I am sure the scientists would not stand for it. I think this is
>>a discriminatory act  which should not be stood for. Is there anyway we can
>>rally the Pacific Northwest tribes to collectively protest this insult?
>>
>>
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