Indigenous Peoples and Human Rights

November 17, 2009

NAGPRA: The 'fox' is in control


Pawnee professor James Riding In, speaking in Michigan:
(Photo James Riding In)

"NAGPRA is flawed," James Riding In, Pawnee professor, said. "It leaves the determination of cultural affiliation with museums and federal agencies. It's like leaving the chicken coop under the control of the fox." Read article:
http://www.annarbor.com/news/native-american-scholar-visits-university-of-michigan-discusses-holdings-of-indian-remains

In the news: Obama nominates pesticide head (Monsanto and Dow Chemical) as US trade chief:
http://www.commondreams.org/video/2009/11/17

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Just when one thinks there is at least some sort of law with teeth, to respect the dead it is not even there. Another smoke and mirror tactic. Is it ever going to end?

Gerald