With the 1996 discovery of his almost entire skeleton at a riverfront park in Kennewick, a man who lived 8,500 years ago along the Columbia River in what is now central Washington's Tri-Cities region became the subject of intense dispute and garnered international attention. 
Five local Native tribes wanted to rebury the man they honored as an ancestor and dubbed the Ancient One. The federal authorities concurred, but eight anthropologists and archaeologists filed a lawsuit to get access to the skeleton, popularly known as Kennewick Man, so they could do research on it.
Listen now to learn more about the fascinating history of the Ancient One!

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