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Dioramas 'demeaning' to Native Americans Protested

A University of Michigan museum exhibit showing how Native Americans lived hundreds of years ago was the target of a unique protest Sunday by students who say it's offensive and should be taken down.

A group of six art students, as part of a class project, placed translucent screens over the collection of dioramas that are prominently displayed on the fourth floor of the U-M Exhibit Museum of Natural History.

They handed out fliers asking why the museum won't remove what they called "racist and demeaning dioramas.'' Among the students' complaints: The dioramas show romanticized depictions of Native American life and don't tell how those lives were changed with the introduction of Europeans to North America.
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