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(US) A Caltech scientist has apologized for damaging a sacred site. Is it enough? – Los Angeles Times (Louis Sahagún | July 2021)

Posted by Dr Gary Allen in Human Research Ethics on August 28, 2021
Keywords: Culture, First People, International, Justice, Respect for persons

The Linked Original Item was Posted On July 25, 2021

Silhouette of a Native American warrior on a horse

A Caltech professor who outraged Native American tribes by drilling holes in an ancient petroglyph site while doing research without a permit near Bishop, Calif., has issued a public apology, saying he was “horrified” by what he had done.

When a researcher’s thoughtless actions damage a sacred site is an apology really sufficient, especially at a time and space when racial injustices aren’t just in living memory, they are being endured right now.

“While the area’s geology is of significant interest, it is also of cultural and historical importance,” the scientist, Joseph Kirschvink, wrote in a statement. “I am horrified that I inadvertently collected samples from a sacred area that I too cherish and respect. I sincerely and deeply apologize for the disturbance we caused.”

But even as Kirschvink and officials at Caltech seek to make amends for damage caused at a protected archaeological site, a growing number of Indigenous groups and academics say more needs to be done to protect cultural resources from unfettered scientific inquiry.

Already, tribal representatives and archaeologists are demanding an accounting of protected cultural sites in order to identify damage caused by unpermitted research. They are also calling for researchers to be held accountable for such transgressions. The demands have left geoscientists chastened.

A Caltech scientist has apologized for damaging a sacred site. Is it enough?
As a Caltech professor apologizes for damaging an ancient Native American petroglyph site, a movement grows against scientific intrusion.

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

(US) Land seizures, ‘unethical’ research: University of Minnesota confronts troubled history with tribal nations – StarTribune (Ryan Faircloth | April 2021)

Indigenous intellectual property – YouTube (Terri Janke | March 2019)

I came into the research world because what I was reading didn’t tell the story of our people – The Guardian (Michelle Bovill for IndigenousX | November 2020)

Australian biobank repatriates hundreds of ‘legacy’ Indigenous blood samples – Science (Dyani Lewis | December 2019)

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)

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