Kennewick Man Analysis

The significance of the Kennewick man to Native Americans is that they desire to label it as one of their ancient ancestors, and honor it in the customary fashions typical of their people. The significance of the remains to the scientific community,and particularly the archaeological field, is that from the established institutions and their documentation of prehistory, this being should not have even been in this location! The accepted accounts of mankind and evolution would say that this skeleton, should it be excavated, should come from a European or Asian country, as it bears little resemblance to any native tribal peoples, who we have been taught were the sole occupants of what is now the United States of America, before the arrival of Columbus.

To be honest, the film actually angered me. Not the science
The fact is, in my opinion, this PARTICULAR tribe's representatives acted rashly and in poor taste. Better yet, a small HANDFUL of their tribal leaders made mistakes, not the Umatilla tribesmen in general. On a personal level, I fully believe that I have about as little bias toward any race, sex , religion, etc., and as such, it galls me to see people claim "racism" because someone wishes to have their right to present ALL of the evidence regarding a topic, and what they are saying simply doesn't agree with your preconceived notions or status quo. Please, enlighten me as to how exactly was it a malevolent act of racism for the archaeologists to merely suggest that the remains featured in the documentary were likely not Native American in origin, at least in the classical sense? Does it make you "go back to the drawing board", so to speak, and have to reevaluate your beliefs about how you and your people came to be? The greatest minds, neither