The Courtroom, The Laboratory, And The Burial Ground

Few historical stories move through such different spaces as Spirit Cave.

The story begins in a burial place.

It moves to a museum storeroom.

Then to government offices and federal court.

Then to a genetics laboratory.

Finally, it returns to the earth.

Each space imposed a different way of understanding the same person.

In the cave, he was part of a burial.

In the museum, he became a collection item.