I know that this has become a sensitive subject and we are actually
putting the US at the basis of all this, but as an archaeologist, I
feel this subject may need to become a world wide concern. For
example, Europe has a lot of archaeological finds of early North
American natives in their museums due to finds made in the late 19th
and early 20th century by enthusiastic collectors.  The US has
repeatedly tried to retrieve these artifacts and to no avail.  Laws in
other countries basically say "Finders keepers, Losers weepers."  So,
as you can see, it isn't just the US law that is at work here. Maybe
"sharing" can be decided in some new terms sometime in the near
future.
        Debra Westerman
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