Bioarchaeology, Bioethics, and the Beothuk
ABSTRACT The Beothuk of Newfoundland and Labrador have been extinct since the early nineteenth century, but skeletal remains of twelve Beothuk individuals are in storage at Memorial University in St. John's, Newfoundland, and those of another ten are in the archives of the Canadian Museum of Hi...
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crwiley:10.1111/aman.12970 2024-06-02T08:04:17+00:00 Bioarchaeology, Bioethics, and the Beothuk Pullman, Daryl Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada 2017 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/aman.12970 https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Faman.12970 https://anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/aman.12970 en eng Wiley http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor American Anthropologist volume 120, issue 1, page 11-23 ISSN 0002-7294 1548-1433 journal-article 2017 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1111/aman.12970 2024-05-03T10:46:46Z ABSTRACT The Beothuk of Newfoundland and Labrador have been extinct since the early nineteenth century, but skeletal remains of twelve Beothuk individuals are in storage at Memorial University in St. John's, Newfoundland, and those of another ten are in the archives of the Canadian Museum of History in Gatineau, Quebec. However, the best‐known and most widely discussed Beothuk remains reside in the stores of the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh. These are the skulls of Nonosabasut and his wife Demasduit, both of whom came to untimely ends through contact with European colonizers. In recent years, efforts have been made to repatriate these skulls to Newfoundland and Labrador. However, Canada has no equivalent legislation to the US NAGPRA, which provides direction with regard to “unaffiliated remains.” Who then speaks for the Beothuk? This article explores some of the ethical and legal challenges associated with repatriating the remains of now‐extinct peoples, especially when those remains reside in a foreign territory. The ongoing ethical tension between the interests of science and those of justice are addressed, and a compromise solution is proposed. [ bioarchaeology, bioethics, repatriation, justice, Beothuk ] Article in Journal/Newspaper Beothuk Newfoundland Wiley Online Library Canada Newfoundland American Anthropologist 120 1 11 23 |
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ABSTRACT The Beothuk of Newfoundland and Labrador have been extinct since the early nineteenth century, but skeletal remains of twelve Beothuk individuals are in storage at Memorial University in St. John's, Newfoundland, and those of another ten are in the archives of the Canadian Museum of History in Gatineau, Quebec. However, the best‐known and most widely discussed Beothuk remains reside in the stores of the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh. These are the skulls of Nonosabasut and his wife Demasduit, both of whom came to untimely ends through contact with European colonizers. In recent years, efforts have been made to repatriate these skulls to Newfoundland and Labrador. However, Canada has no equivalent legislation to the US NAGPRA, which provides direction with regard to “unaffiliated remains.” Who then speaks for the Beothuk? This article explores some of the ethical and legal challenges associated with repatriating the remains of now‐extinct peoples, especially when those remains reside in a foreign territory. The ongoing ethical tension between the interests of science and those of justice are addressed, and a compromise solution is proposed. [ bioarchaeology, bioethics, repatriation, justice, Beothuk ] |
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