Anthropologist Barbara Joans provided expert testimony for a case involving the Plains Indians. What was involved in this particular case?
a. The Plains Indians were seeking government reparations for broken treaties.
b. The Plains Indians were seeking land retributions from Idaho.
c. There was a wrongful cremation of a family relative.
d. There was a wrongful incarceration of a young member of the tribe.
e. There was a court case to get recognition as a federal tribe.
ANSWER:
c
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