I suspect that the real reason that the Paiute's do not want the mummy DNA tested is because if it is Caucasoid, as is "Kennewick Man" it provides another data point showing that the Indians were NOT the first inhabitants of the North American Continent. So, the real reason is ethnic politics.
Of course there will be narrow parochial assertions made by the "White is Right" crowd as though this proves anything beyond the established evidence suggesting that North America has been inhabited much longer than the Lamestream Archaeologists wish to put forth and by more than one group having disparate geographical origins. Both groups are likely to have hissy fits.
Do you have a reference? It is not that I doubt you I would just like to read the reference.
My only reference is an interest in local tribes and history. I've been reading up on them for fifteen years and I've never read that they preserved their dead via mummification.
Have you ever read about the Paiute stories surrounding the red headed giants with two sets of teeth and six digits on their fingers/toes? According to Paiute legend they lived in caves around Winnemucca and they battled them to the death.
Have you ever read about the Paiute stories surrounding the red headed giants
No, I have never heard of the Paiute stories, but it is interesting to note that the Chinese refer to us as Guilos(sp?) which loosely translates as red-headed devils. We clearly don't have red hair, so it is peculiar that this 5,000 year old culture would retain such a description of us.
A site was excavated in China where the remains of several mummified bodies were recovered - they were red headed Caucasoids. Here, found an article: THE CAUCASIANS OF CHINA. I think NOVA had an episode on them too - at least a dozen or more years ago.
I was reading about Ghengis Khan and evidently he had a famous ancestor who was a red head.