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To get remains, a midnight raid
In the early 1970s, a woman from
Washington with Native American
heritage saw a burial exhibit while
visiting a Fort Wayne, Ind. muse-
um.
The display - on loan from the
University of Michigan's Museum of
Anthropology - featured remains
of a Native American, believed to be
from the southeast region of Michi-
gan, posed with traditional burial
artifacts.
The woman contended that the
remains were highly offensive to
her people. Hoping to garner media
attention, she appeared on the Dan
Smoot TV show.
Soon people from all over the
country came to occupy and protest
the museum's artifact, according to
Prof. Charles Brace, curator of the
Ruthven Natural History Muse-
um, which housed the Museum of
Anthropology.
Some performed war dances and
beat drums to prevent the museum
from operating, Brace said.
"It was really quite disruptive,"
he said. "The police were there
with their searchlights everywhere
to make sure nothing happened."
The protesters, representing doz-
ens of tribes across North America,
demanded the return of the ances-
tral remains.
Brace said he and other museum
staff were at a loss, fearing that col-
lection pieces would be vandalized
or stolen.
But James B. Griffin, then-direc-
tor of the Museum of Anthropology,
had a plan.
Unbeknownst to Brace, Griffin
arranged for a squad of his students
to conduct a midnight raid of the
entire collection.
The clandestine removal freed
Brace of legal obligation, enabling
him to stand up in court and swear
he did not know the whereabouts of
the remains.
He later found out the collec-
tions had been stashed in pieces at
Willow Run Airport and other loca-
tions nearby.
Brace said that once the contro-
versy died down, the collection was
regathered and is now stored in an
undisclosed locked facility on Uni-
versity grounds.
Because of the controversy, buri-
al displays are no longer on display
at the museum, Brace said.
In 1990, the Native American
Grave and Protection and Repatria-
tion Act was passed, binding public
museums, including the Universi-
ty's, to return burial remains and
cultural artifacts at the request of
native peoples.
In a statement on its website, the
Museum of Anthropology says its
collections are in full compliance
with the act.
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CRIME NOTES
Bathroom door
torn from hinges
WHERE: Francis-Xavier
Bagnoud Building
WHEN: Monday at about
8:45 a.m.
WHAT: A stall door in the
men's bathroom was damaged
by an unknown person, the
Department of Public Safety
repstrted. Tine door was bent
and the hingestorin fromtheir
mounting. The cost of the dam-
age is about $100.
Woman napping
in UGLi
WHERE: Shapiro Undergrad-
uate Library
WHEN: Yesterday at about
1:25 a.m.
WHAT: A female was sleep-
ing in the lobby entrance area
of the UGLi, DPS reported. She
was taken into custody and sent
to the Macomb County Sheriff
Department, where she had
several outstanding warrants.
CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES
Racist writing
spotted near
Tisch Hall
WHERE: Tisch Hall
WHEN: Monday at about
11:50 a.m.
WHAT: Someone vandalized
a construction sign near Tisch
Hall, DPS reported. The words
"Nazi" and "White power"
were written in blue marker. A
swastika had been drawn above
them. Police said they have no
suspects.
Jeep hits
Mercury
WHERE: M-18 Carport at
1600 E. Medical Center
WHEN: Monday at about
10'45 am.
WHAT: A minor traffic acci-
dent involving a Jeep Renegade
and a Mercury Saturn took
place, DPS reported. One of the
cars was parked when the other
ran into it.
Song and dance
recital
WHAT: Faculty recital that
features a flute and guitar
with Latin dancing
WHO: School of Music
WHEN: Today at 8:30 p.m.
WHERE: Britton Recital
Hall, E.V. Moore Building
Talk on animal
and human
diseases
WHAT: A workshop on
diseases and infections that
cross between humans and
animals
WHO: Epidemiology
department
WHEN: Today at 8 p.m.
WHERE: Lane Auditorium,
Vaughan Building
Video game
tournament
WHAT: An opportunity
to win a $50 gift certificate
to Best Buy and the title of
weekly champion in a video
game skills contest
WHO: University Unions Arts
and Programs
WHEN: Today from 7 to
8:30 p.m.
WHERE: U-Club, Michigan
Union
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was misidentified as Wash-
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three men transport-
ing $3,000 to $4,000
of cocaine over New York's
Triborough Bridge, the New
York Daily News reported.
The officers only became
suspicious of the suspects
after they drove past a toll-
booth without paying the
$4.50 fee.
A worker at a Phoenix
television station was
fired for splicing por-
nography into a broadcast of
NBC News anchor Tom Bro-
kaw, The Associated Press
reported.
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