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Karen Biestman in the news:



Karen Biestman Sees Native American Culture as Intellectual Property

Indian Country, September 16, 2011 by Barry Bergman
http://bit.ly/n2FnFf

“Citing the erosion of tribal sovereignty and assaults on tribalism, Native critics argue that the final frontier of resistance is cultural protection,” she said. What sustains tribal communities today, she added, are “languages, names, stories, song, dances, ceremony” and other indigenous forms of knowledge.


Karen Biestman Honors Native American Ishi

The Daily Californian, September 7, 2011 by Anjuli Sastry
http://www.dailycal.org/2011/09/07/native-american-figure-remembered-at-campus-conference/

“It’s all thanks to California Indians for keeping Ishi’s memory alive for 100 years,” Biestman said. “There’s this institutional dilemma of science versus sanctity—in 2000, the question was ‘who owns the body?’ My question today is ‘who owns the culture?’”