Letters The Repatriation Of Kennewick Man As the Washington State Historic Preservation Officer, I read with great interest the article “The Fates of Very Ancient Remains” (Summer 2017). First, the article is factually incorrect with respect to the discussion of the repatriation of Kennewick Man. The Corps of Engineers did not repatriate the Kennewick Man to the five claimant tribes. The Corps of Engineers repatriated the skeleton to the State of Washington, who in turn, repatriated the remains to the claimant tribes. The State of Washington, in cooperation with the five claimant tribes, requested that their Congressional delegation pass legislation specifically designating the State of Washington as the recipient of Kennewick Man and, in turn, use state law as the vehicle for repatriation. The reasoning behind this methodology was that the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act did not offer the Corps of Engineers full protection from future litigation. In discussions with our governor, Jay Inslee, and our Congressional representatives, we agreed that the situation had become a human rights issue for our tribes and needed to be resolved. This is an important fact that should have been identified by the author and editors, and should have been part of the article. Allyson Brooks, Ph. D. State Historic Preservation Officer/ Executive Director Washington State Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation
Editor’s Corner
In the fall of 2016, a construction crew was excavating an empty lot in Philadelphia on which an apartment complex was to be built. All was going as expected until they uncovered a number of bones. Human bones. Unbeknownst to the workers, part of an historic cemetery lay beneath them. Our article “Whistling Past The Historic Graveyard” (see page 42) describes what happened next. City officials determined foul play was not involved, and the construction project was allowed to continue. When more human remains, including whole coffins, were uncovered and the local media began to take note, a team of volunteers was hastily assembled to first monitor the site, and then to excavate the burials. As the count of excavated burials reached the hundreds, the questions of what laws governed this disastrous situation and who should take custody of the skeletons went unanswered. State and city government agencies and various preservation organizations shrugged their shoulders, saying they had no authority, no responsibility. Others argued that was not at all the case, that there were in fact laws that spoke to this problem, but they were being ignored. Disagree as they do, it seems one thing both sides do agree on is that a city so rich in history needs to be a better custodian of its past.
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