Bone of contention.The 9,300-year-old skeleton of Kennewick Man Kennewick Man is the name for the remains of a prehistoric man found on a bank of the Columbia River near Kennewick, Washington, USA on July 28, 1996. The discovery of Kennewick Man was accidental: a pair of spectators found his skull while attending the annual hydroplane races. , currently held at the Burke Museum in Seattle, Washington, has been a bone of contention a subject of contention or dispute. See also: Bone between scientists and four Native American tribes. But the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals recently granted conservatorship Conservatorship A circumstance in which the court declares an individual unable to take care of legal matters and appoints another individual, known as a conservator, to do so. Notes: This is sometimes referred to as "LPS Conservatorship. to the scientists, ruling that it was impossible to establish a relationship by the Nez Perce, Umatilla, Yakama, and Colville tribes, which sought possession of "the ancient one." |
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