Case file · Sacred site
The Ancient One (Kennewick Man)
Remains about 9,000 years old found on the bank of the Columbia River at Kennewick in 1996 became the subject of a 20-year legal fight between scientists and the tribes who claimed him as an ancestor.
1996 CE · 46.22, -119.16 · status: official
The account
A 2015 DNA study found him most closely related to modern Native Americans. He was reburied in February 2017 by members of the Umatilla, Yakama, Nez Perce, Colville and Wanapum.