ANTH 1113 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Intellectual Property, Kennewick Man, Religious Text
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Nagpa: naive american graves protecion and repatriaion act- gives ownership of naive. Ipr can be a slippery slope, paricularly with regards to ancestral ailiaion. Similar to when science confronts religious or supernatural fundamentalism. When a group insists on the absolute truth of their oral history or religious text. The united states has separaion of church and state to protect religious freedom. For people of faith, there is a price to pay for freedom. Kennewick man- 9000 year old skeleton found in the banks of the columbian river in 1996. Locals say their oral history goes back 10000 years but the kennewick man had diferent facial features than the typical naives ( the paleo-indian features). Judge ruled that there was litle evidence to support the idea of kennewick man"s associaion. Informed consent: agreement to take part in research ater being fully informed about it. Irb- insitute review board: academic insituions and organizaions that evaluate protocols regarding human subject research.
