Kennewick Man Bones Not from Columbia Valley, Scientist Tells Tribes

dead-men-talking:

Pressed by Armand Minthorn of the Umatilla Board of Trustees, who asked Owsley directly, “Is Kennewick Man Native American?” Owsley said no. “There is not any clear genetic relationship to Native American peoples,” Owsley said. “I do not look at him as Native American … I can’t see any kind of continuity. He is a representative of a very different people.”

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Tribal members listened for hours to Owsley’s highly detailed presentation, but it did not budge their conviction that Kennewick Man is a part of their people’s past — and needs to be reburied.

Discuss.