And now:Sonja Keohane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
<http://dailynews.yahoo.com/headlines/local/>
Action On Indian Reburial Demanded - (SANTA FE) -- They rest in pieces...
but not in peace. Armond Minthorn, a member of the Umatilla tribe of
eastern Oregon, says the bones of thousands of American Indians lie in
boxes in the storage rooms of American institutions. They were dug up by
archaeologists, anthropologists and illegal grave diggers. Minthorn says
they have waited too long for reburial and the time for excuses has passed.
He is a member of the federal review committee in charge of overseeing
compliance with the 1990 Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation
Act. The panel is meeting in Santa Fe this week. The act was passed eight
years ago... allowing tribes to seek the return of skeletons, burial
objects and other sacred items taken from the graves of their ancestors.
But the law has proved difficult to enforce.
