Burke Museum - Kennewick Man

American anthropologists have differing opinions about the study of Native American sites, Native American human remains, and how to deal with both NAGPRA and Native American communities. In Washington State, most anthropologists are working productively with tribes and have found that information from elders and oral histories enhances their work.

"This statute [NAGPRA] has single-handedly sparked more analysis of human remains and funerary objects in the last eight years than was done in the last 100." 
- Timothy McKeown, Anthropologist, National Park Service, 1998