Beyond Texas' Legacy: Searching for Cooperation without Submission Symposium on Protecting Unmarked Graves in Texas
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Billed as a civil rights issue, federal graves-protection legislation led archaeologists to more effectively incorporate Indians into scientific investigations. In light of historical relationships with Indian groups in Texas, however, and without state-level graves-protection legislation, Texas appears to be somewhere in a dark comer of this particular civil-rights arena. The good news is that archaeologists, Indians, and other citizens in Texas have already demonstrated their collective ability to cooperate. The challenge, as shown elsewhere in the Nation, is to sustain cooperation and open new pathways that allay suspicions, form alliances, and lead to common ground for diverse cultural and scientific perspectives.