Comment on FR Doc # E7-20209

Document ID: DOI-2007-0032-0007
Document Type: Public Submission
Agency: Department Of The Interior
Received Date: December 05 2007, at 08:05 PM Eastern Standard Time
Date Posted: December 6 2007, at 12:00 AM Eastern Standard Time
Comment Start Date: October 16 2007, at 12:00 AM Eastern Standard Time
Comment Due Date: January 14 2008, at 11:59 PM Eastern Standard Time
Tracking Number: 80370b27
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If the remains are "culturally unidentifiable" then why would they go to "Indian tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations?" What will those organizations do with the remains? Museums hold objects and remains in the public trust. Indian tribes and Hawaiian organizations should fall under the category of "public" and thus the museums serve them. If remains cannot be identified, then they are as likely related to any living person as another. In fact, if we go back far enough, then we all probably have a relatively small number of common ancestors. Choosing the currently recognized "native" groups as recognized repositories for ancient remains is arbitrary at best and irresponsible at worst. What if they decide to sell the remains at a roadside attraction? This Act takes what was once reasonable sensitivity to minorities into the realm of overzealous placation, policitical "correctness", and white guilt. It makes no sense.

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