Cultural Affiliation Report, Chapter 4: Review of Linguistic Information
Summary
The Kennewick Man remains were found in shallow water along the edge of the Columbia River. It is believed that the remains eroded from the river bank at Columbia Park in what now is Kennewick, Washington, in July 1996. Preliminary C14 dating of the bone suggested the remains might be approximately 9,000 (C14) years old. At issue is the application of provisions of NAGPRA with regard to the repatriation of the remains to a coalition of tribes and bands (Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, Washington; Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Reservation, Oregon; Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Indian Nation of the Yakama Reservation, Washington; Nez Perce Tribe of Idaho; and the Wanapum Band, a non-Federally recognized Indian group) that claims them. In particular, I will address the issue whether or not those remains can be shown to be "culturally affiliated" with any contemporary Native American group, specifically with any or all of the intervenor groups. For present purposes, "Cultural affiliation means that there is a relationship of shared group identity which can be reasonably traced historically or prehistorically between members of a modern-day Indian tribe and an identifiable earlier group. Cultural affiliation is established when the preponderance of the evidence--based on geographical, kinship, biological, archeological, linguistic, folklore, oral tradition, historical evidence, or other information or expert opinion--reasonably leads to such a conclusion." (43 CFR 10.2(e)).
Cite this Record
Cultural Affiliation Report, Chapter 4: Review of Linguistic Information. Eugene S. Hunn. Cultural Affiliation Report ,Chapter 4. Washington, DC: National Park Service, Department of the Interior. 2000 ( tDAR id: 376905) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8H41R4B
Keywords
Culture
Archaic
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Early Archaic
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PaleoIndian
Material
Chipped Stone
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Dating Sample
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Human Remains
Site Name
Kennewick Man Archaeological Site
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Tri-Cities Archaeological District NRHP
Site Type
Burial Pit
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Funerary and Burial Structures or Features
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Isolated Burial
Investigation Types
Archaeological Overview
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Bioarchaeological Research
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Consultation
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Environment Research
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Ethnographic Research
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Heritage Management
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Historic Background Research
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Research Design / Data Recovery Plan
General
Corps of Engineeers
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Cultural Affiliation
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Department of the Interior
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Kennewick Man
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NAGPRA
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the Ancient One
Geographic Keywords
Columbia River
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Columbia River Drainage
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Kennewick
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Pacific Northwest
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Tri-Cities Area
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Upper Columbia River Basin
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Washington (State / Territory)
Temporal Keywords
Early Archaic
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PaleoIndian
Spatial Coverage
min long: -119.165; min lat: 46.213 ; max long: -119.128; max lat: 46.231 ;
Individual & Institutional Roles
Sponsor(s): National Park Service
Notes
General Note: Some of the reports included in the project were posted originally and hosted on a public website created and maintained by the National Park Service and Department of the Interior.
General Note: Some documents were converted from the NPS website (http://www.nps.gov/archeology/kennewick/) by cutting and pasting the website text and images into Word 2007 and exporting the .docx file to PDF via Adobe Acrobat 8 Standard.
General Note: Tables, Figures, and Bibliographic references for individual reports or chapters in reports that were formerly accessed via hyperlinks have been appended to the end of each relevant document.
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