Who was the kennewick man?

Originally posted by Explorer food for thought -   following is a quote from   http://first-americans.blogspot.com/2008/01/chapter-9-spirit-cave-mummy-lovelock.html   "Lovelock and Spirit cave mummies. Over 9,000 years old, and Caucasoid. Located in same area where ancient Paiute Indian legends say the Paiutes “exterminated” a light skinned, red haired tribe who spoke a different language in ancient times"   http://www.amazon.com/Across-Atlantic-Ice-Americas-Culture/dp/0520227832/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1344891514&sr=1-1&keywords=across+atlantic+ice   so how does one "lay" claim to someone they "exterminated" as his ancestor -- ???? --- and the plot thickens --

I don't think that cultural self-interest should trump scientific research. If these sorts of barriers keep going up, all we'll be able to do is surmise that Kennewick Man was the brother of Barbiewick Woman. Graves of "ancestors" who died thousands of years ago are not family relatives, whether Indians or non-Indians. Europeans are not going into paroxysms because archaeologists are digging up Viking or Anglo-Saxon burials. In the Muslim world, especially Saudi Arabia, there is an attempt by clerics to halt what they consider the digging up of "demon artifacts". One can see another kind of cultural self-interest combined with greed taking place in Egypt now that Zahi Hawass has been stripped of his job as head of archaeology. I understand that thieves are now running amok in Egypt and stealing anything from the ancient past that they can sell. I'm sure the Muslim Brotherhood, however, will put a very low priority on that particular subject.   

time to get out "Barry Fell" and the "ogham" script --- and some history has a hard death -- ie -- name one kid who hasn't heard about that "cherry tree" ---