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Kennewick Man to Return for Tribal Reburial
U S Army Corps of Engineers and Washington officials complete a three to four hour inventory at the University of Washington. The remains of Kennewick Man will be transferred to Native American tribes for private reburial under a Dec 19 2016 Obama era law. Tribes include Umatilla Colville Yakama Nez Perce and Wanapum.
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Seattle
Kennewick
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Corps
Washington Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation
University of Washington
Amy Gaskill
ACOE
Barack Obama
Chuck Sams
Umatilla Indian Reservation
Columbia River
North America
Doug Owsley
Smithsonian Institution
Coast
Columbia Valley
Colville Reservation
Yakama Nation
Nez Perce
Priest Rapids