John Martinson writes:
> And what of that skelton they found down river from us, near
> Tri-Cities, WA.  They will be returning it to a local tribe, but
> what information about human life is going to be lost.  I also have
> a bone to pick with that one.
>

Yes, I've been wondering about that myself since I grew up northwind of
the Hanford Plant and Narcissa Whitman's final resting place...(that
explains a lot).

From New York City the claim seems somewhat, uh, stretching the law. And
I usually back the tribal decisions. Does anyone have info on the legal
aspect of this? Or, for those who don't know what we're talking about,
details?
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