{"id":126573,"date":"2019-01-28T12:00:24","date_gmt":"2019-01-28T12:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=126573"},"modified":"2019-01-24T11:20:21","modified_gmt":"2019-01-24T11:20:21","slug":"notre-dame-university-to-cover-christopher-columbus-murals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2019\/01\/notre-dame-university-to-cover-christopher-columbus-murals\/","title":{"rendered":"Notre Dame University to Cover Christopher Columbus Murals"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 12 murals created in the 1880s by Luis Gregori were intended to encourage immigrants who had come to the U.S. during a period of anti-Catholic sentiment.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Fans walk near the Main Building on the University of Notre Dame campus in South Bend, Indiana, on Sept. 8, 2012. Joe Robbins \/ Getty Images file<\/p><\/div>\n

21 Jan 2019 <\/em>\u00a0\u2014 The University of Notre Dame will cover murals in a campus building that depict Christopher Columbus in America, the school’s president said, following criticism that the images depict Native Americans in stereotypical submissive poses before white European explorers.<\/p>\n

The 12 murals created in the 1880s by Luis Gregori were intended to encourage immigrants who had come to the U.S. during a period of anti-Catholic sentiment. But they conceal another side of Columbus: the exploitation and repression of Native Americans, said the Rev. John Jenkins, president of Notre Dame.<\/p>\n

It is a “darker side of this story, a side we must acknowledge,” Jenkins said in a letter Sunday.<\/p>\n

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A mural of Christopher Columbus at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana, on Nov. 29, 2017. Robert Franklin \/ South Bend Tribune via AP<\/p><\/div>\n

The murals in the Catholic university’s Main Building are painted directly on walls. Jenkins said they will be covered, although they still could be occasionally displayed. A permanent display of photos of the paintings will be created elsewhere with an explanation of their context.<\/p>\n

“We wish to preserve artistic works originally intended to celebrate immigrant Catholics who were marginalized at the time in society, but do so in a way that avoids unintentionally marginalizing others,” Jenkins said.<\/p>\n

In 2017, more than 300 students, employees and Notre Dame alumni signed a letter in the campus newspaper that called for the removal of the murals.<\/p>\n

The president of the Native American Student Association praised Jenkins’ decision.<\/p>\n

“This is a good step towards acknowledging the full humanity of those native people who have come before us,” said Marcus Winchester-Jones of Dowagiac, Michigan.<\/p>\n

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