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Is Indigenous sovereignty ‘creationism’? Robert Geroux, ‘Science and White Supremacy (Part 1): Evaluating Elizabeth Weiss’s polemic against NAGPRA’, The Unmuted Posthorn, 24/05/22

21Jun22

Excerpt: In a recent legal case, Professor Elizabeth Weiss argued that the limitations imposed by NAGPRA (and the California state equivalent) represent an infringement on her First Amendment rights. More specifically, she contends that NAGPRA represents a subtle but nevertheless real attempt at imposing religion, which of course would be problematic under the establishment clause. That clause states that the state isn’t supposed to establish, or even prefer, a certain religious position or stance as it regulates the various actions that take place as part of the process of scientific research. NAGPRA does this, or so Weiss argues, in its imposition what she calls “Creationism” …


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