Monday, April 26, 2010

Indian Givers

Arizona State University has agreed to pay 41 members of the Grand Canyon-based Havasupai tribe to settle claims the university misused DNA samples given by tribe members in 1990, for a diabetes study.

Tribal members learned that samples of their DNA had been analyzed further, without their knowledge or specific approval, for research on schizophrenia and inbreeding... But what upset them the most was genetic evidence of Asian origin, negating a key myth essential to their identity as guardians of the Grand Canyon.
Audio: PRI & WNYC's program The Takeaway 4/22/10,
Host: Celeste Headlee.

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