Abstract
"The Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) was meant both to protect existing Indian burial sites from disinternment and to help tribes reclaim the remains of ancestors stored in museums. The difference between an archaeologist and a grave robber is often in the eye of the beholder. NAGPRA was supposed to create a set of rules to resolve conflicts between scientists who study dead Indians, and living Indians hoping to honor tribal customs." (REASON) This article explores the legal dispute over Kennewick Man--a 10,000-year-old, possibly Caucasian skeleton--that Indian tribes want to rebury and scientists want to study.