What?! Modern plague of Native Americans? I beg to differ, and take offense to that... So would many, many modern tribal councils. Archaeologists are the last hope that many tribes have to recording their ancestral heritage before it is destroyed by all of us. WE get one shot at trying to find what is there, before the land gets blown up. And, most sites found are only 25% excavated, as is the Federal guidelines. NO sites get 100% excavated, which is sad in so many instances...Wanna point fingers at who destroys what? Scream about Walmart...they bulldoze whatever is there...prehistoric graves, paleo sites, mound complexes, paleo point manufacturing sites, historic cemetaries, etc...pay their environmental fine for not completing the mandatory survey required by the Federal government, and build a store that makes up for the loss in one week. Wanna put a stop to destruction of our history? Start by not shopping at Wally World anymore...
Anyone who shops there both indirectly supports modern terrorism, and the destruction of American Indian heritage...Now who’s at blame?
You are preaching to the choir. I know what Walmart (and others) have done. When the diggers are there to investigate the past they must respect those that are still here. For some peoples, those that have gone before should not be disturbed. At times those practices too much celebrate death when the living people would gladly share their history.
We all have opinions. Knowing what was done to my Nation/tribe, to my family in the name of: science, progress, assimilation, the greater good, etc., has helped to form my opinions.