Six Pawnee Crania: Historical and Contemporary Issues Associated with the Massacre and Decapitation of Pawnee Indians in 1869

In, James Riding

doi:10.17953/aicr.16.2.q675613172182328

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“…The order was given by this officer to collect cranial specimens for addition to the Army Medical Museum. As a result, the National Museum of Health and Medicine today houses hundreds of skulls taken by military personnel from corpses on battle fields and unearthed from burial sites during the late 1860s (Bieder, 1992;Riding In, 1992). These examples deal only with human remains; it is possible to cite many more involving the misappropriation, misuse, and mismanagement of sacred objects and funerary goods.…”

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Reading the bones: Information content, value, and ownership issues raised by the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act

Grose

1996

J. Am. Soc. Inf. Sci.

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The Native American Graves Protection Act of 1990 was intended to serve as a mechanism for the repatriation of artifacts to Native American groups. As a result of its implementation, questions have arisen concerning the nature of information as embodied in objects and the moral right to access that information. The ongoing debates and resolutions of the debates prompted by the act are fertile ground for the study of information content, ownership, and value. The situation provides an opportunity to observe the interactions of a variety of cultural groups in a controlled setting. Within the framework of the legislation, the Native American, museum, and professional archaeology communities have been forced to indicate their respective beliefs concerning the nature of information, their positions in terms of the ownership of that information, and the uses to which they intend or would like to put that information. A War over Things and MeaningsThere's a war going on. As is the case in most wars, the underlying cause is the disputed possession of something valuable. However, unlike actions that are fought over the territory or the control of people, consumable goods, trade routes, or money, this is a war over the possession and control of information. Its actions are verbal and political and, sometimes, physical. Its soldiers include scientists, connoisseurs, religious leaders, and blue-collar workers. Although it would appear that winning this war is of interest only to small numbers of academicians and ethnic minority group members, the academic community as a whole. and information science in particular,

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Reading the bones: Information content, value, and ownership issues raised by the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act

Grose

1996

J. Am. Soc. Inf. Sci.

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“…Insiders to Native American communities have authored fewer research articles about Native American communities than their non-Native American counterparts (Davis & Reid 1999). A lot of research has been conducted by outsiders using an anthropological lens that investigates the "other" (Bieder, 1981;Riding In, 1992). Trouillot (1995) details the importance of collecting the voice of represented individuals in the historical analysis of events;…”

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Methods for non-native educators to build trust in the Native American community

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Bioarchaeological Ethics: A Historical Perspective on the Value of Human Remains

Walker

2007

Biological Anthropology of the Human Skeleton

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The rapidity of technological and cultural change in current times is forcing us to confront a myriad of moral dilemmas over issues as wide ranging as the ethics of cloning humans, the ownership of our genetic material, and the rights of animals relative to those of humans. These ethical issues concern the very nature of what it means to be human and our relationships, not only to other people, but also to the plants and animals that sustain us.The enormous strides we have taken toward human equality during this century mean that formerly disenfranchised and enslaved members of minority groups are beginning to gain power and control over their lives. In many countries there has been a decline in the political dominance and moral authority of organized religions. Notions of multiculturalism and a growing acceptance of the moral principle of not discriminating against people based on gender, ethnicity, or religious beliefs mean that there is no longer a shared set of cultural values we can use for guidance in dealing with moral issues (Cottingham, 1994).This increased tolerance of cultural diversity poses ethical dilemmas because, as the

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Six Pawnee Crania: Historical and Contemporary Issues Associated with the Massacre and Decapitation of Pawnee Indians in 1869

Cited by 18 publications

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Reading the bones: Information content, value, and ownership issues raised by the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act

Reading the bones: Information content, value, and ownership issues raised by the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act

Methods for non-native educators to build trust in the Native American community

Bioarchaeological Ethics: A Historical Perspective on the Value of Human Remains

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