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Re:The Kennewick Man Finally Freed to Share His Secrets by CamperBob2 on Monday August 25, 2014 @07:16PM (#8224791)
Also, the Indians have a big incentive not to allow any scientific inquiry that might disprove their claim to "First Nations" status.

This is a cynical way to look at the issue, but I don't see why it's not valid.

Re:The Kennewick Man Finally Freed to Share His Secrets by rayiner on Monday August 25, 2014 @07:50PM (#8224945)
At least for the American Indians, not much depends on their claim of being "first nations." Their legal relationship with the U.S. is defined by virtue of their occupancy of the United States at the time of the founding and subsequent expansion of the country, and our displacement of them, and their formal agreements with the United States during that period. I don't think anything would change for them if it was proven that someone else was in the U.S. first.