Anthropologists vs indigenous remains
The Université de Montréal possesses excavated indigenous remains of 49 people, and its anthropologists want to return them to first nations – but to which ones? They don’t know which nations are involved, and there’s no official mechanism for doing this.
Ian 09:21 on 2024-04-19 Permalink
I’m surprised there isn’t a DNA database they could check against.
Kate 09:35 on 2024-04-19 Permalink
People would have to be OK with giving samples, and I don’t know whether many indigenous people would want that done.
Additionally – from what we’ve seen – it’s quite possible that at least a few self‑identified indigenous people would turn out not to be so indigenous after all. They might be particularly hesitant to submit their DNA to analysis.