Skull Wars: Kennewick Man, Archaeology, And The Battle For Native American IdentityBasic Books, 05/04/2001 - 352 من الصفحات The 1996 discovery, near Kennewick, Washington, of a 9,000-year-old Caucasoid skeleton brought more to the surface than bones. The explosive controversy and resulting lawsuit also raised a far more fundamental question: Who owns history? Many Indians see archeologists as desecrators of tribal rites and traditions; archeologists see their livelihoods and science threatened by the 1990 Federal reparation law, which gives tribes control over remains in their traditional territories. In this new work, Thomas charts the riveting story of this lawsuit, the archeologists' deteriorating relations with American Indians, and the rise of scientific archeology. His telling of the tale gains extra credence from his own reputation as a leader in building cooperation between the two sides. |
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... The badly worn teeth sug- gested a high - grit diet more typical of ancient Indian populations than Eu- roamerican pioneers , and the lack of cavities also suggested Native American origins . And the skull just looked , well ,. ΧΧ PROLOGUE.
... The badly worn teeth sug- gested a high - grit diet more typical of ancient Indian populations than Eu- roamerican pioneers , and the lack of cavities also suggested Native American origins . And the skull just looked , well ,. ΧΧ PROLOGUE.
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... suggested that an innate cultural inferiority of the Native Americans doomed them to extinction . With the publication of Darwin's On the Origin of Species in 1859 , American science decided that human institutions must likewise be ...
... suggested that an innate cultural inferiority of the Native Americans doomed them to extinction . With the publication of Darwin's On the Origin of Species in 1859 , American science decided that human institutions must likewise be ...
الصفحة xxxv
... suggesting that Indian cul- ture could help correct some problems of the modern mainstream. At the same time, these once powerless groups were defining ways to navigate a cul- tural tide that had long run against them. Since the 1960s ...
... suggesting that Indian cul- ture could help correct some problems of the modern mainstream. At the same time, these once powerless groups were defining ways to navigate a cul- tural tide that had long run against them. Since the 1960s ...
الصفحة xxxvi
... suggested that “ perhaps no more insulting and insensitive scene can be imagined than the desecration of Native American burial sites by researchers or grave robbers who disregard the law and cultural sensitivities of the Native ...
... suggested that “ perhaps no more insulting and insensitive scene can be imagined than the desecration of Native American burial sites by researchers or grave robbers who disregard the law and cultural sensitivities of the Native ...
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... suggest a skyrocketing American Indian population , and some question the authenticity of these self - proclaimed Indians . Many mainstream Americans still believe that " real , authentic " Indians did indeed vanish a cen- tury ago ...
... suggest a skyrocketing American Indian population , and some question the authenticity of these self - proclaimed Indians . Many mainstream Americans still believe that " real , authentic " Indians did indeed vanish a cen- tury ago ...
المحتوى
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Part II NineteenthCentury Scientists | 27 |
Part II Deep American History | 121 |
Part IV The Indians Refuse to Vanish | 175 |
Part V Bridging the Chasm | 223 |
Epilogue | 268 |
Acknowledgements | 277 |
Endnotes | 279 |
Literature Cited | 297 |
Index | 318 |
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الصفحة xl - And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them : and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof.
الصفحة 128 - In the monuments and fortresses of an unknown people, spread over the extensive regions of the West, we behold the memorials of a once powerful race, which was exterminated, or has disappeared, to make room for the existing savage tribes.
الصفحة 44 - It can now be asserted upon convincing evidence that savagery preceded barbarism in all the tribes of mankind, as barbarism is known to have preceded civilization. The history of the human race is one in source, one in experience, and one in progress.
الصفحة 57 - Surgeon-General, all specimens of morbid anatomy, surgical or medical, which may be regarded as valuable ; together with projectiles and foreign bodies removed, and such other matters as may prove of interest in the study of military medicine or surgery.
الصفحة xxxv - Burdened by a linear, progressive conception of history and by an assumption that Euro-American culture flourishes at the upper end of that progression, Westerners have told the history of Hawai'i as an inevitable if occasionally bitter-sweet triumph of Western ways over "primitive
الصفحة 88 - As to disposal of the body, I must ask you as my personal representative to yield nothing at all under any circumstances. If there is any talk about the interests of science, say for me that science can go to hell. We propose to stand by our friends.
الصفحة 16 - Death was everywhere, and in his most terrific and disgusting aspects. Resistance only served to inflame the murderers, who inflicted their furious blows long after their victims were beyond the power of their resentment. The flow of blood might be likened to the outbreaking of a torrent ; and, as the natives became heated and maddened by the sight, many among them even kneeled to the earth, and drank freely, exultingly, hellishly, of the crimson tide.
الصفحة 5 - God created these simple people without evil and without guile. They are most obedient and faithful to their natural lords and to the Christians whom they serve. They are most submissive, patient, peaceful and virtuous. Nor are they quarrelsome, rancorous, querulous or vengeful. Moreover, they are more delicate than princes and die easily from work or illness. They neither possess nor desire to possess worldly wealth. Surely these people would be the most blessed in the world if only they worshipped...
الصفحة 104 - European types that have been investigated the head form, which has always been considered one of the most stable and permanent characteristics of human races, undergoes far-reaching changes due to the transfer of the people from European to American soil.
الصفحة 124 - heaven and earth, centre and circumference, were created all together, in the same instant, and clouds full of water," and that "this work took place and man was created by the Trinity on October 23, 4004 B. C, at nine o'clock in the morning.