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Scientists' April 1, 2000 Status Report to the Court
Affidavit of Douglas Owsley
Alan L. Schneider, OSB No. 68147
1437 SW Columbia Street, Suite 200
Portland, OR 97201
Telephone: (503) 274-8444
Facsimile: (503) 274-8445
Paula A. Barran, OSB No. 80397
BARRAN LIEBMAN, LLP
601 SW 2nd, Suite 2300
Portland, OR 97204
Telephone: (503) 228-0500
Facsimile: (503) 274-1212
Attorneys for Plaintiff
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF OREGON
ROBSON BONNICHSEN, et al.,
Plaintiffs,
v.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY, et al.,
Defendants.
CV No. 96-1481 JE
AFFIDAVIT OF Douglas W. Owsley
I, Douglas W. Owsley, being first duly sworn, do depose and
state as follows:
1. I am one of the plaintiffs in the above-entitled case.
2. I am a Curator and the Division Head of Physical Anthropology
of the National Museum of Natural History, The Smithsonian Institution,
Washington, D.C.
3. I recently received a request from a graduate student at the
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, for permission to take
x-rays and CT-scans of selected long bones from human skeletal
remains that are part of the National Museum's collections.
It is my understanding that the purpose of such x-rays and CT-scans
is to obtain information on bone remodeling and biomechanics
in humans from known time periods, subsistence patterns and environments.
It is also my understanding that this student has already examined
cross-sections from the Kennewick skeleton. I do not personally
know where she obtained access to such cross-sections. However,
Dr. Jerome Rose, who was a member of defendants' first phase
study team, is on the faculty of the University of Arkansas,
Fayetteville.
4. I have given the student permission to use the facilities
of the National Museum to obtain the data she has requested.
DATED this day of March, 2000 (signed)
Douglas W. Owsley
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