Kennewick Man Essays

Mid-summer of 1996 in Kennewick, Washington, two men stumbled upon an ancient human skeleton in the Columbian River. What seemed to be a miraculous discovery soon turned into an incessant and relentless battle over the ownership of the remains. “Multiple claimants asset[ed] ownership” of this skeleton, named the “Kennewick Man”: the Native Americans of Washington, Pacific Islanders, and even people of Norse descent of Ireland and Scotland. The debacle of whether the thousand-year-old skeleton should

Kennewick man: Should He Be Repatriated? Lately, there has been a talk about what scientists should do with a skeleton entitled Kennewick man. On July 28th, 1996, history was made. College students were watching a hydroplane race near Kennewick, on the Columbia river. A couple college students looked at the river and saw something white in the water, that was not a hydroplane. The students walked closer and closer and discovered a skeleton. Thinking it might be a part of a murder, they called the

was interesting to see the perspective between the indigenous people and the scientists. Going back to the readings/videos about Kennewick Man’s story, Kennewick is really rare and it was one of a kind, the reading states “Losing Kennewick Man means future scientists won’t have him to compare against other ancient remains.” Scientists wants to learn more about Kennewick man and they don’t want to lose it. They know that they won’t be able to compare their findings if they lose to to the remaining ancients

families. However, current beliefs dictate that the earliest settlers may have come to North America well before the suggested twelve thousand years ago and were not from Asia but Europe. The discovery of a 9,000-year-old skeleton, dubbed the Kennewick man, sparked controversy after reconstruction tests revealed that he bared a resemblance to a European rather than a Paleo-Indian hunter. This was quite significant discovery considering that Europeans were not thought to inhabit the Americas to a

With both cases of the Kennewick Man and Elgin Marbles, there is controversy on who should own the artifacts or sites that was found. There are good claims from both sides on who gets to keep it. The arguments goes from culture and tradition, property, history, and science. In this prompt, the Kennewick Man is the main focus. Some Native American tribes, scholars, and the federal government are fighting for right to own the remains. But the question is, who really owns it? The government’s argument

In Forgotten Founder: The Life and Times of Charles Pinckney, Marty Matthews begins with an introduction describing the process of finding the lost grave of Charles Pinckney over 100 years after his death. Pinckney's resting place is eventually tracked to an unmarked plot in St. Phillip Cathedral's graveyard in Charleston, but there is still some doubt about whether or not this grave is actually his. How can the life of one of the signers of the Constitution and a governor of South Carolina from

is quicker and easier than walking by foot. We are uncertain about this though because all evidence has been washed away by the rising seas. Thanks to this new technology scientists have also been able to prove ancestry of the Kennewick man. The bones of the Kennewick man dates back to 18 thousand years old. This man’s skeleton is the most complete skeleton researchers have found in North America. Scientist think that this skeleton is too important and should not be given back to the Native American

associated with a man, and it also defines femininity as having the quality or nature of the female sex. So if you had to describe yourself using one of the words defined above, what word would you choose? Would you say you embody the definition of masculinity, or femininity? But what if you didn 't need to fit into the gender stereotypes put forward by society? What if you could just be you and not put a label on yourself? Today our society is made up of stereotypes, if you are a man you have to be

2.2 Theoretical Framework 2.2.1 Gender Stereotypes: Masculinity and Femininity Brannon (2004), defines gender stereotype as beliefs about the psychological traits and characteristics of, as well as the activities appropriate to, men or women. Gender roles are interpreted by behaviours, but gender stereotypes are about the beliefs, views and attitudes towards masculinity and femininity. Therefore, gender stereotypes are very influential; they impact conceptualizations of women and men and establish

Fatherhood is important to every male around the world. When a male becomes a father it is something special. Everyone have their own meaning of what a father is, but only a father knows the true meaning of being a father. The point of being a father is not the title the father’s gets after the child is born, but what fatherhood entitles. Fatherhood entitles a life full of growth and a new level of love. Super Bowl LXIX broke the gender ideology. They broke the gender ideology by opening the eyes

While men have always featured prominently throughout history, women tend to be more of an afterthought, and especially in fiction, women tend to fall into strict archetypes that allow very little deviation. This holds true in Apuleius’ novel The Golden Ass, but many of the female characters also exhibit great agency and power that women in other Roman stories tended not to have. There is a wide range of female archetypes in this book but they are also deep and complex characters that should not

Baby Teeth, a play written by Layla Merritt focuses on a man named Michael, who is a black male in his early 20’s with a very youthful appearance. Michael comes across as an adolescent boy and a baby to those around him. As a result, he struggles with allowing others to see he is no longer a boy, but rather a grown man.Throughout the play, he has several encounters that make him want to alter his appearance. He desires to appear older than what others see of him because he wants for everyone to see

We all may have had the feeling of loneliness and isolation, wanting companionship feeling abandonment. In John Steinbeck’s novella, Of Mice and Men, there are men living on a ranch having their own reasons for loneliness or being isolated. The three characters Crooks, George, and Lennie crusade dealing with own ways of loneliness and isolation. Crooks has no one that likes him because he’s black, Lennie struggles mentally and George struggles with always having to care for him. They all can’t decide

characters, Curly wife, Candy, and Crooks struggle with loneliness that they try to overcome by searching for friendship with others on the ranch. Crooks demonstrates loneliness because he is the only black man on the ranch and he lives in the barn separated from the others. Candy is the old man on the ranch who has lost his hand and lost his dog, witch later results in him being lonely. Since candy lost his dog he has no-one to take care of, talk to, or play with, thus making him isolated. Curley

Parents’ Perception on Gender Spectrum. In a society that is negatively rich with gender stereotypes and biases, children regularly resort in adopting gender roles which are not always fair to both sexes. Children who are exposed to both internal and external factors shapes their attitudes and behaviors towards traditional gender roles as they move through stages of adolescence and ultimately in adulthood. Witt (1997) argued that these attitudes and behaviors are learned at firstly at home which

He is in the dominant positions of man and female. From the conversation between Algren and Taka, it can know that all housework is done by the female, as evidenced to show female is in a subordinate position. Although male is privileged than female, others samurai still need to follow Katsumoto

In Virginia Woolf’s “Street Haunting”, the reader follows Woolf through a winter’s walk through London under the false pretense to buy a new pencil. During her journey through the streets of London, she is made aware of a number of strangers. The nature of her walk is altered by these strangers she encounters. Street Haunting comes to profound conclusions about the fluidity of individuality when interacting with other people. Woolf is enabled by the presence of others to subvert her individuality

away. The Beast sat up and look at us. I don’t know what it does. We don’t even know what it is... (pg.125). This mean that Jack is providing as much lies about the beast so the boys would believe Jack. Second, since the boys think of Jack as a “go-to-man” when a “Beastie” is on the island, they rely on Jack to solve the

representation of his father 's strength and love, begins to fade as his father 's unwavering strength weakens with the inevitable and unforgiving progression of ageing. Manner, realizes that he no longer desires to compete against his father, the man who he has idolized and admired his whole life. Although his father is unable to express his

Boys will (not) be Boys A common saying in recent times, “boys will be boys,” is largely accepted as an argument against brutality, specifically male brutality. This statement claims that it is in boys’ physiological makeup to be savage and violent however this is not true. “Boys will be boys” does not take into consideration the vast movement society has taken against violence which proves that the desire for destruction does not exist in everyone. Although William Golding’s fictional novel, Lord