- Our Mission
Recognition. Restitution. Historical inquiry across fifteen millennia.
A modern institutional framework for asking difficult questions about ancient history with evidence, seriousness, and a properly formatted briefing memo.
Mission Statement
Prehistoric communities were not abstractions.
The National Coalition for Paleolithic Justice advances recognition, restitution, historical reconciliation, habitat restoration, housing equity, and intergenerational justice for descendants of Paleolithic hunter-gatherer communities.
We believe that the extraordinary passage of time should not be used as a substitute for a serious discussion of unresolved historical claims. Through research, public education, civic engagement, and policy advocacy, the Coalition seeks to ensure that Paleolithic voices are finally represented in the national conversation.
Our Principles
Serious standards for an unusually long agenda.
The Coalition’s principles keep historical inquiry, evidence, institutional procedure, and deliberately ambitious policy proposals clearly distinguished.
01
Historical distance does not extinguish historical injustice.
02
The absence of written records must never be mistaken for the absence of suffering.
03
The absence of written records must never be mistaken for the absence of suffering.
04
Public policy should recognize the intergenerational consequences of displacement.
05
Housing justice includes the right to culturally appropriate, cave-compatible housing.
06
Climate justice must account for communities and megafauna displaced by post-Pleistocene warming.
07
Extinct megafauna should not be excluded from climate conversations merely because they are presently unavailable for comment.
08
The extinction of the woolly mammoth does not extinguish society’s obligation to address mammoth-related historical loss.
09
Fifteen thousand years of inaction is enough.