Bones finding homes...
...repatriation goes on and on. Some successes amid a lot of fail, and this story, although a success story of repatriation in some ways, makes me wonder how many others are just destroyed out of ignorace, apathy and (ultimately) intolerance. The story tells of the return of 600 people's remains to the lands from whence they came, after just dodging anonymous 'destruction.' (The story neatly does not meantion whether or not the remains will acutally see burial or return to their own people.)
"Ohio State’s Department of Anthropology had kept the remains on campus since the 1980s when a grad student, visiting another Ohio university, noticed that the remains were about to be thrown away. "
What kind of moron thinks--just for a second--that it's a good idea to throw bones away? But I guess this comes from the idea that Indians are not human? or is it from the mistaken thought that we no longer exist? I do wonder if that thought would have entered anyone's head if these had been bones of white settlers? Oh, yeah, I forgot--they probably wouldn't have ended up sitting on a University shelf at all, they would have been quickly noted, studied and respectfully re-buried in consecrated ground.
Article brought to my attention by imafarmgirl (thanks!).
Boy, I've been angry and political lately. I better put my toes in the sand and go for a swim in the Pacific. This shit hurts.
"Ohio State’s Department of Anthropology had kept the remains on campus since the 1980s when a grad student, visiting another Ohio university, noticed that the remains were about to be thrown away. "
What kind of moron thinks--just for a second--that it's a good idea to throw bones away? But I guess this comes from the idea that Indians are not human? or is it from the mistaken thought that we no longer exist? I do wonder if that thought would have entered anyone's head if these had been bones of white settlers? Oh, yeah, I forgot--they probably wouldn't have ended up sitting on a University shelf at all, they would have been quickly noted, studied and respectfully re-buried in consecrated ground.
Article brought to my attention by imafarmgirl (thanks!).
Boy, I've been angry and political lately. I better put my toes in the sand and go for a swim in the Pacific. This shit hurts.