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Idaho Hanging Mural To Be Interpreted

Item: Idaho murals of hanging about to get some explanation/SR

More Info: Murals depicting white settlers accosting and then hanging a shirtless Native American man have been displayed openly in Idaho’s temporary Statehouse for the past year, with a note from the state Historical Society promising that interpretation of the murals is "forthcoming." Now, after a year and a half of negotiation, the state and Idaho’s five Indian tribes have agreed on wording for interpretive plaques, which tell of the bloody clashes between the cultures that occurred as white settlers took over the Boise Valley a century ago. The plaques will go up before this year’s legislative session.

Question: Would you prefer that the state remove the murals altogether or are you satisfied with that the interpretive plaques will mitigate the scene?



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D.F. Oliveria started Huckleberries Online on Feb. 16, 2004. Oliveria's Sunday print Huckleberries is a past winner of the national Herb Caen Memorial Column contest.