Shades of Gray: Skeletal Analysis and the Repatriation Process

Autor/in	Mayes, Arion T.
Titel	Shades of Gray: Skeletal Analysis and the Repatriation Process
Quelle	In: American Indian Culture and Research Journal, 34 (2010) 1, S.25-39 (15 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0161-6463
Schlagwörter	Heart Disorders; American Indians; Diseases; Archaeology; Ownership; Fear; Power Structure; Psychological Patterns; Religion; Federal Legislation; Anthropology; Diabetes; Health; Biology; Environmental Influences + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Herzkrankheit; American Indian; Indianer; Disease; Krankheit; Archäologie; Eigentum; Furcht; Bundesrecht; Anthropologie; Gesundheit; Biologie; Environmental influence; Umwelteinfluss
Abstract	Negotiations over archaeological human remains have been complicated interactions spanning centuries of attempts to resolve differences of opinion with regard to the investigation, ownership, and disposition of early American Indian burials. Guilt, fear, power, politics, legitimacy, science, religion, and denial--all of these elements commonly have played a role and are integral to the ongoing debate regarding the repatriation of Native American burials and associated funerary objects. The Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) became law on 16 November 1990 in response to national concern regarding the handling of Native American archaeological remains. Today, a generation of anthropologists has never operated without NAGPRA and related policies. Yet a generation later, it often seems that neither the tribal nor the scientific communities have taken true advantage of the extensive opportunities available to them through this twenty-year-old piece of legislation. Scientists and Native American communities have had to learn not only how to negotiate the repatriation process but also how to develop a gradual understanding of each other, all the while merely skimming the surface of the supportive relationship that could be developed by means of the NAGPRA constructs. In order to tackle current issues such as the environmental impact on population health and the alarmingly rising rates of type 2 diabetes and coronary heart disease (CHD) among Native American populations, as well as other disease processes, a greater understanding of what the biological data can provide--and possibly a different perspective--is needed. (Contains 58 notes.) (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	American Indian Studies Center at UCLA. 3220 Campbell Hall, Box 951548, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1548. Tel: 310-825-7315; Fax: 310-206-7060; e-mail: sales@aisc.ucla.edu; Web site: http://www.books.aisc.ucla.edu/aicrj.html
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10