«Breaking News» Notre Dame to cover up murals of Columbus due to portrayal of Native Americans

The University of Notre Dame will cover 19th century murals on campus that depict Christopher Columbus in America due to their stereotypical portrayal of Native Americans. 

Notre Dame President Rev John Jenkins announced the news on Sunday, saying the murals' depiction of Columbus as a 'beneficent explorer and friend of the native peoples hides from view the darker side of this story'. 

The decision comes more than 20 years after Native American students first fought for the removal of the murals, which were painted in the entrance of Notre Dame's Main Building by Italian artist Luigi Gregori from 1882-1884. 

'They reflect the attitudes of the time and were intended as a didactic presentation, responding to the cultural challenges for the school's largely immigrant, Catholic presentation,' Jenkins said in an open letter to the campus community. 

The University of Notre Dame will cover 19th century murals on campus that depict Christopher Columbus in America due to their negative portrayal of Native Americans

The decision comes more than 20 years after Native American students fought to get the murals removed from Notre Dame's Main Building (pictured) 

'In recent years, however, many have come to see the murals as at best blind to the consequences of Columbus' voyage for the indigenous people who inhabited this "new" world, and at worst demeaning toward them.' 

Jenkins said the murals were created to encourage immigrant students during a period in the US when anti-Catholic sentiment was strong. 

'The murals present us with several narratives not easily reconciled, and the tensions among them are especially perplexing for us because of Notre Dame's distinctive history and Catholic mission,' he said. 

'At the time they were painted, the murals were not intended to slight indigenous peoples, but to encourage another marginalized group. 

'Gregori's murals focused on the popular image of Columbus as an American hero, who was also an immigrant and a devout Catholic. The message to the Notre Dame community was that they too, though largely immigrants and Catholics, could be fully and proudly American.' 

But Jenkins said he recognized that Columbus' arrival in America was 'nothing short of a catastrophe' for Native Americans. 

'Whatever else Columbus' arrival brought, for these people it led to exploitation, expropriation of land, repression of vibrant cultures, enslavement, and new diseases causing epidemics that killed millions'. 

Jenkins noted that the 12 murals were in a 'busy' part of campus that was not 'well-suited for thoughtful consideration of these paintings and the context of their composition'. 

The 12 murals in the Main Building were painted by Italian artist Luigi Gregori from 1882-1884

Jenkins said the murals will be covered by 'woven material consistent with the decor of the space' and may be displayed on occasion

But the murals were painted directly onto the plaster of the building's walls, which means any attempt to move Gregori's work would likely destroy it. 

Thus, Jenkins said the murals will be covered by 'woven material consistent with the decor of the space' and may be displayed on occasion. 

The university also plans to create a 'permanent display for high-quality, high resolution images of the murals' on campus. 

'Our goal in making this change is to respect both Gregori's murals, understood in their historical context, and the reality and experience of Native Americans in the aftermath of Columbus's arrival,' Jenkins said. 

'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.' 

Notre Dame's Native American Student Association praised the news and said it was 'thankful for Father Jenkins' thoughtful and wise decision'. 

'This is a good step toward acknowledging the full humanity of those Native people who have come before us,' the organization wrote in a Facebook post. 

'We sincerely hope that Father Jenkins and his administration will continue to prioritize Native issues on our campus in the coming weeks and months as there is still work to be done.' 

Jenkins' decision comes after 340 Notre Dame students, employees and alumni signed a letter asking for the campus to remove the murals in 2017. 

Notre Dame President Rev John Jenkins announced the news on Sunday, saying the murals' depiction of Columbus as a 'beneficent explorer and friend of the native peoples hides from view the darker side of this story'

Another shows Columbus presenting Native Americans to the royal court in Spain

Jenkins noted that the 12 murals were in a 'busy' part of campus that was not 'well-suited for thoughtful consideration of these paintings and the context of their composition'

Jenkins' decision comes after 340 Notre Dame students, employees and alumni signed a letter asking for the campus to remove the murals in 2017. Notre Dame's Native American Student Association is seen protesting the murals

But the issue of the murals dates as far back as 1995, when a group of Native American students called for their removal, according to the Indianapolis Star. 

In response, Notre Dame created pamphlets to explain their historical context, updating them again in the 2000s.  

'We have the responsibility to interpret both the historical events and the murals themselves from the perspective of our own time, with our knowledge and our moral commitments,' the pamphlet reads. 

'The university encourages you to keep this responsibility in mind as you view and reflect on these murals.' 

Included in the murals is one painting that shows the moment Columbus plants the cross and claims America 'in the name of Jesus Christ and the Catholic monarchs', the pamphlet explains. 

Another shows Columbus presenting Native Americans to the royal court in Spain.  

'We can appreciate the murals in an almost clinical way, dissecting the quality of the images and the meanings they were meant to convey,' the pamphlet reads. 

'But we must acknowledge the difficulty - and pain - they can engender. The images in the piece can be seen as demeaning and even insulting, particularly the way they portray the Native Americans in stereotypical ways and in subservient roles. 

'This is, by anyone's standards, troubling.'

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