[meteorite-list] Stolen meteorite for sale?

[JKGwilliam]

I'm trying to read between the lines hear and figure out how E.P.'s 
statement suggests that a piece of the Williamette meteorite 
(available at auction soon) makes it stolen property.  Could it be 
that he's trying to revive the issue that the meteorite originally 
belonged to the local (native) people because they were the REAL 
landowners?  If that is the case, then everything between Manhattan 
Island and San Diego belongs to the native American Indians.  Or, did 
they displace some other civilizations after they walked across the 
Bering Strait?

Who really owns anything?  Whoever the courts decide it belongs to, 
don't you think?

Best,

John Gwilliam

At 08:58 AM 9/19/2007, E.P. Grondine wrote:
>Hi Pete, all -
>
>If I remember correctly, the meteorite was considered
>a sacred relic by the local people, but the European
>settlers hacked off pieces, and then the bulk of it
>was hauled off by wagon and sold.
>
>E.P. Grondine
>Man and Impact in the Americas
>
>
>--- Pete Pete <rsvp321 at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> >
> > Why would you suggest that this meteorite for sale
> > is stolen??
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > > Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2007 16:31:13 -0700
> > > From: epgrondine at yahoo.com
> > > To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> > > Subject: [meteorite-list] Stolen meteorite for
> > sale?
> > >
> > > Hi all -
> > >
> > > Was that 28 kg Williamette at auction a piece of
> > the
> > > infamous meteorite in the Museum of Natural
> > History in
> > > New York?
> > >
> > > E.P. Grondine
> > > Man and Impact in the Americas
> > >
> > >
> > >
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