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Native Graves Threatened by Legal Loophole

Submitted by Troy Doney on Wed, 2009-03-18 15:45.

I'm continually amazed at the kinds of legal defenses used against Natives over the years. So you can imagine how jaw dropped I was when I read about the technique used in Native grave sites lititgation. Kara Briggs writes about a potential loophole in the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act: Questioning Cultural Affiliation.

While this may be a valid legal manuver, it still reeks of potential abuse. The inability of tribes to have any form of recourse is a particularly worrying trend.

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