The whole Kennewick man controversy is horrifying. How the fuck do you respond to an amazing find w/"Stick it back in the ground!"
-
Not, "It's ours and we get to use it." No. "It's ours, so we're going to bury it and never look at it and you can't look at it, either."
Worse yet, they aren't really defending religious beliefs that they actual have, but cultural beliefs someone once had.
-
-
My impression is that Native activists hate white scientists and actively oppose them whenever possible...
-
because they hate the idea of some white person discovering something about their history they themselves didn't know...
-
and in the process potentially contradicting local history/beliefs.
End of conversation
New conversation -
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.