Story Outline
Kennewick Man Skeleton Dispute
From a news story by
CNN San Francisco Reporter Don Knapp
9/3/97
Story Outline
Kennewick Man Skeleton Dispute
From a news story by
CNN San Francisco Reporter Don Knapp
9/3/97
I. Skull and bones are found.a. It is named Kennewick Man.b. Skeleton is found in the Columbia River in Kennewick, Washington.
c. Discovery was over a year ago.
d. Bones are now in federal custody.
II. James Chatters, an anthropologist, studies the bones.
a. He sees political racism as part of the ownership struggle.b. Chatters sends a pelvic bone to a lab for carbon dating.
c. Lab says the bone is over 9,000 years old.
d. He is excited because it is a complete skeleton.
e. A complete cast of the bones is made.
III. A battle begins for the bones.
a. Native Americans claim the bones are an ancestor.b. Chatters and others claim the skull resembles Europeans.
c. A comparison is made to Patrick Stewart, a Star Trek star.
d. Asatru, a pagan Viking faith, also wants the bones.
IV. The power struggle in progress.
a. Native Americans want to bury the Kennewick Man.b. Asatrus feel the bones have a message for them to understand.
c. Scientists want to learn from the bones' DNA and scars.
d. Chatters says the bones are a surprising treasure.
e. No settlement yet to the struggle.
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