ANTHRO 2AC Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Kennewick, Washington, Genocide Of Indigenous Peoples, Kennewick Man
11 Oct 2018
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For both issues, concern around the clash of the scientific and historically marginalized communities entered public discourse as each side vied for the ownership of human remains. The two situations deal with complicated questions around the concept of heritage and the right to access the past, which should be discussed in tangent with historical justice. Even though reparations are not consistently appropriate amongst each marginalized group, the idea should always be considered as we engage in a field that have been weaponized against these very communities. Despite the assertion that the past should remain available to all populations and by extension scientists, access to one"s history has always been a privilege in the united states. For instance, the genocide and ethnocide of indigenous americans robbed a signification portion of the population of their traditions and languages, and subsequently destroyed the oral histories that connected modern to the past.
