Right To Study The Past

Human remains are our connection to the past and our way of informing ourselves about our ancestors. We have the right to know how we became the amazing country that we are today and who were the actual first settlers. As a Catholic I believe that once we die our souls are ripped from our bodies and therefore the study of our remains is in no way disrespectful or demeaning to that person. Once we are dead our presence moves on and all that is left is our bodies and why would we not want to use our bodies for the continual growth of knowledge about the past? If a scientist finds bones and then excavates these bones and finds no living relatives they have the right to study those bones because no one else is claiming them. Studying bones …show more content…
The more we are able to study about our ancestors the more information we can learn about our past and if what we have thought to be truth really is or not. Knowing our history is such a vital part of our person. If we have come across new information that could possibly disprove something that we have been believing as truth and is ultimately not true, then that is crucial information to our history and there should be a substantial study done. Everyone should want to know the truth and whether what we have believed for this long is truth or fiction. I am not disregarding the fact that the Indians have these oral stories that have been passed down from their forefathers and that is what they believe. I merely believe and just like in court cases today word of mouth and eyewitness testimony are the most unreliable. We should not rely solely on these stories, but we should put trust in these amazing new research tools that we have. The Indians should want to know about the past and if they truly believe that they are the first settlers then they should have no problem continuing with the archaeological study of these remains. I believe that they are worried that with the study of these new bone findings that their title as the first settlers is being threatened. That is ultimately their religion and I think that anyone who has believed something for so long and especially something that has been passed down for many generations will be scared to learn that it is not what they had been taught their whole