FREELANCE CREATIVE CONSULTING - PRWeb Press Release Account Feed http://www.rsspad.com/rss2a/94261.xml FREELANCE CREATIVE CONSULTING - Press Releases en xml@emediawire.com xml@emediawire.com 30 Tennessee Native Americans Forced to Contend with Media Images of Ancestral Remains - "We Are Not Extinct Scientific Curiosities." http://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/09/prweb158117.htm This open letter to the media addresses the photographic and videoexhibition of Native American human skeletal remains. Based upon thetraditional spiritual beliefs of the Cherokee and other Southeastern Native people, openly viewing the skeletal remains of our deceased ancestors is considered a sacrilegious act. Seeing their remains in the newspaper or on television forces us, and everyone, to look upon our native ancestors in a very undignified and disrespectful manner. This violates the traditional Native American religious belief system. (PRWeb Sep 15, 2004)

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