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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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