Protesters at the University of Michigan have ended a thirty-seven-day sit-in at the office of a secret campus society. Students occupying the offices of Michigamua say the group has mocked and misused American Indian customs and artifacts. Michigamua’s members have included former president Gerald Ford and the late US Supreme Court Justice Frank Murphy. The group’s offices are decorated to look like a wigwam. On February 6th, a group of minority students occupied the office and demanded that Michigamua be expelled. The protesters say the ninety-eight-year-old society broke a 1989 promise to drop the use of Indian culture and pseudo-culture from its rituals.
Protesters End 37-Day Occupation of Michigamua Office
HeadlineMar 14, 2000