> After NAGPRA passed, the Gears immediately started
> changing the tone of their books (Indian
> characters suddenly started being depicted as
> serial killers, incestual rapists, cannibals, and
> so on), & introductions set in the modern day
> started blatently lying about NAGPRA & tribal
> actions. And now.... in this book, the Gears
> carry their grudge to new levels by telling
> malicious lies of a racist nature.... claiming
> that Kennewick was "White", that Indians are
> "afraid of the truth getting out", & depicting
> "real" Indians as being against NAGPRA while
> "fake,
> only-in-it-for-the-money-or-political-power" type
> deculturated and/or thinblooded Indians abuse
> NAGPRA for greedy reasons, without any real
> concern over the remains themselves, etc."
>
> I'd not bother reading the book, if I were you.
> It's basically an angry slander by two people who
> have let their pique fester until it poisoned
> them.
>
> Kenuchelover.

Thanks for the info.

I always thought NAGPRA was a good thing--it certainly won't stop the problems you mentioned, but it's a step in the right direction.

That said, I find it sad that some glorified pot hunters would go out of their way to publish a book full of lies just because of sour grapes.