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Frankie Stoneman

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The speaker admits to not having answers on how to move forward regarding the issue of repatriating artifacts to indigenous tribes. They believe that it will take years of discussions between archaeologists and tribes to come to a conclusion. The damage that has already been done needs to be rectified, and there are likely many specimens across the nation waiting to be repatriated. The speaker acknowledges that the conversation is tricky and that there hasn't been enough time to work out all the details. They clarify that they are not criticizing the laws, but they don't have a solution yet. Personally, I don't have any answers for you on how we should conduct ourselves moving forward. As Eastman put it, insert colonialism clip, personally I don't have an answer for you. It is going to take years of discussions between archaeologists and tribes before we can ever come to a conclusion. We also have yet to rectify the damage that's already been done, and across the nation there are probably hundreds and hundreds of specimens waiting to be repatriated. We haven't even had the time to rectify the damage that's already been done. Across the nation there are probably hundreds and hundreds of specimens that are waiting to be repatriated. And I am lucky to sit in a situation where I have... The conversation is quite tricky, and in the 30 years we've had with NAGPRA, we for sure have not had enough time to work out all of the intricate details and kinks surrounding how we should operate. I would like to clarify that in no way am I trying to bash these laws. I think they are critical to the way we operate as archaeologists, and I do think that there is a solution in the future. I just don't have it yet.

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