Ancient One / Kennewick Man
Ancient One / Kennewick Man
Today the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation's
Board of Trustees decided not to appeal the Ancient One / Kennewick
Man case to the US Supreme Court. The decision was based on the
availability of financial resources, the uncertainty of whether
the Supreme Court would even hear the case, and the risk that
an unfavorable Court decision could become law.
The CTUIR will begin working with Tribes across the nation on
a strategy to amend the Native
American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA),
the law enacted in 1990 to protect Tribal burials.
"NAGPRA needs to be strengthened so that it fulfills Congress'
original intent, which was to protect Tribal burials and return
sacred items to the Tribes," said Armand Minthorn, a member
of the CTUIR Board of Trustees and former Chairman of the national
NAGPRA
review committee.
"The courts have failed NAGPRA, and the tribes as well.
Our only option is to work with all tribes, beginning in 2005,
on a strategy to strengthen the law so that inadvertent discoveries
like the Ancient One will be protected. In the administrative
process and before the district court, we will continue to try
and protect the Ancient One as best we can from repetitive destructive
testing." said Minthorn.
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