The body of the individual had later been determined to be an antiquity of some time long, long ago. Originally he was misidentified as an early nineteenth century European settler. Further investigation proved that he was not a recent settler but, much older, somewhere in the range of 9,000 years. At this time he had been claimed by a few groups which thought they could claim part of this mans life as being their kind in order to use him as the first man to come to America (belonging to their tribe or race). Different tribes of Native Americans thought that he should be reburied and given back to the earth as a part of their tribe. Along with the Native Americans a group of people claimed to be the relatives of ancient Norse Explorers also claim the Kennewick Man, the Asatru Folk Assembly has publicly created a scene that could escalate into further arguments on who the Kennewick man really is. Through all of this scientists believe that the Kennewick man needs to be studied for more evidence on who and where this man has came from. If he eventually gets a place of origin labeled to him, it possibly could shed light on the mystery of who were the first inhabitants of early America. The battle for the remains has been challenged, by the Native American Grave Protection and Reparation Act of 1990 (NAGPRA) which gives the opportunity for Native Americans within the discovery sites" zone the opportunity to claim the remains as theirs. There are many tribes that lay claim to that area the Kennewick man was found in. In order to give it a proper burial ceremony (Nafte, 32) the federal government would have to say that it belonged to them. The questions that arise for the battle of the remains are, who are the people who should rightfully claim it? In order to do further analysis of the body which, so far has proven the remains to be male and around 45 years old. Radiocarbon testing has put a date of around 9,200 years from when this person lived.