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An archaeology society hosted a talk against returning Indigenous remains. Some want a new society – Science (Lizzie Wade | April 2021)

Posted by Dr Gary Allen in Human Research Ethics on April 28, 2021
Keywords: Bioethics, Consent, First People, Institutional responsibilities, International, Justice, Researcher responsibilities, Respect for persons

The Linked Original Item was Posted On April 19, 2021

A First People wood carving

The Society for American Archaeology’s (SAA’s) virtual annual meeting erupted in controversy last week after members realized the organization had allowed a talk arguing against a key U.S. law giving Native Americans rights to the human remains and cultural artifacts of their ancestors. Although the presentation was made by an SAA member and anthropologist, many archaeologists say they were shocked their professional organization gave a platform to what they consider anti-Indigenous views; they say SAA has not adequately addressed the harm caused by the talk. Some archaeologists are considering leaving and starting a new society.

There’s little quite a jarring as realising your academic professional society to which you proudly belong is happily providing a platform to ideas you find abhorrent.  We have included links to ten related items.

“There’s a sense [that SAA] is protecting the organization over the people who are involved,” says Kisha Supernant, an archaeologist at the University of Alberta, Edmonton, and a member of Canada’s historic Indigenous Métis. A number of archaeologists note that this incident comes after a sexual harassment scandal at the organization’s 2019 conference, which left many SAA members feeling unsupported. (The 2020 conference was canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic.)

In 1990, the United States passed a law requiring universities, museums, and other institutions to inform Native American tribes of any Indigenous human remains and artifacts in their collections—and return them when requested. At first, many archaeologists worried the law, the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), would compromise their research. But today NAGPRA is widely accepted by archaeologists, as most agree that Indigenous people should have the right to determine the treatment of their ancestors’ remains, which were often looted from tribal lands. Since NAGPRA became law, many tribes have collaborated with archaeologists to study their history and ancestors.

An archaeology society hosted a talk against returning Indigenous remains. Some want a new society
Controversy embroils virtual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology

Related Reading

(New Zealand) National Oral History Association of New Zealand (2013). Code of Ethics

First Nations Cultural and Intellectual Property in the Arts

Global Code of Conduct for Research in Resource-Poor Settings (TRUST Resource | May 2018)

(Egypt) Professor Obbink and missing EES papyri – Egypt Exploration Society (October 2019)

Aboriginal genome analysis comes to grips with ethics – Nature (Ewen Callaway | September 2011)

Indigenous groups look to ancient DNA to bring their ancestors home – Nature (Nicky Phillips – April 2019)

‘They’re not property’: the people who want their ancestors back from British museums – The Guardian (David Shariatmadari | Apr 2019)

The Case of the Girl from La Noria: Implications for Ethics in Research with Human Remains – Etilmercurio (Por Invitado Especial | April 2018)

Chileans Criticize US Scientists Over Treatment of Ata the “Alien” Mummy – Futurism (Kristin Houser | March 2018)

The Ethics of Collaboration Whose Culture? Whose Intellectual Property? Who Benefits? (Claire Smith and Gary Jackson 2007)

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