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The reason that Native Americans want to rebury the skeletal remains of their ancestors because they believe that their ancestral bones hold spiritual significance and power. The dead certainly deserve respect and shouldn’t be on public display in museums, universities, or institutions. Another reason is that they believe that they don’t need anthropologist to tell story about their past. Instead, they learn from oral tradition through their grandparents. The reasons that archaeologist give as the significance of studying ancient Native American skeletal remains is that they want to study about the lives of others in the past. They want to know who Native Americans are, their origins, and their heritage. The skeletal remains offer the

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