The exclusive gambling franchise enjoyed by our native American neighbors depends on the perception that they’ve been hard done by the white man, and with so many groups claiming victim status these days it becomes harder and harder to prove. One thing that threatens this notion is the archaeological fact that there were other people in North America before the native American migration.
So there’s been a constant effort on the part of these people to suppress archaeological knowleged for several years now. Said effort reached a fever pitch in the infamous Kennewick Man case involving remains found in southern Washington State. Recent efforts to suppress science take the form of a bill declaring all old remains “native American” whether they are or not. See Progressive Reaction: Just relax, this won’t hurt a bit and Panda’s Thumb – Call your Senator for more.
This can’t be allowed to happen, so do call your Senator.
You’d be hiding the family skeletons too, if like the Pueblos you had been deemed to be historially cannibalistic. (I understand a restaurant in Santa Fe now openly states it costs ‘an arm and a leg.’)
Okay, emailed my Senators.