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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...could, that is, if scientists ever get a chance to study it in detail. Unless a judge intervenes, the bones will be turned over to the local Umatilla Indian tribe by the end of the month for immediate burial. Says Umatilla spokesman Armand Minthorn: "Our tradition says once a body goes into the ground, that's where it stays." Under the Native American Graves Protection Act of 1990, museums and scientists must give Native American remains back to the tribes they came from. And the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which has jurisdiction over the banks of the Columbia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BONES OF CONTENTION | 10/14/1996 | See Source »

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