The Virginia Indian community recommends
that every effort should be made to avoid disturbing gravesites
and human remains. If disturbed, the remains should be reburied
in the same or approximate location or as close to the original
location as possible without risking future disturbance.
If any human remains and/or grave goods
are determined to be Native American, all further excavation,
testing and analysis of the remains and goods should stop. The
Virginia Council on Indians, tribal chiefs and Werowocomoco Virginia
Indian Advisory Board shall be notified immediately by the Werowocomoco
Research Group (WRG).
The Virginia Indian Advisory Board,
in consultation with their individual tribes and the Virginia
Council on Indians, will determine for the WRG the eventual disposition
of the Native American human remains and/or grave goods as a recommendation
to the landowners and the Commonwealth of Virginia. The preferred
disposition will be reburial at a permanent site as close as possible
to their original location, where no future excavation will be
planned.
Adopted unanimously by the Werowocomoco
Research Group and approved by the landowners - June 10, 2003
