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Kennewick Man is the name
for the remains of a prehistoric
man found on a bank of the Columbia River near Kennewick,
Washington, on July 28, 1996. The discovery of Kennewick
Man was accidental; a pair of spectators at the yearly
hydroplane races found his skull while swimming in the
Columbia River.
It has a very high religious and historical value, and
four Native
American groups (Nez Perce,
Umatilla, Yakama and Colville) claimed it to
be buried by traditional means. Only Umatillas continued
further court proceeding but gave up in for the final
Supreme Court. The remains will therefore be preserved. |