Indians View Mural of Lynching

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BOISE -- Leaders of four American Indian tribes have viewed Depression-era murals, depicting an Indian lynching, that are hung in the stairwell of an old courthouse destined to house the Idaho Legislature in 2008 and 2009.

Shoshone-Bannock, Shoshone-Paiute, Nez Perce and Coeur d'Alene representatives spent 25 minutes Wednesday inside the vacant Ada County Courthouse, which will be used while the 100-year-old state Capitol nearby gets a $130 million facelift and expansion.

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Indians View Mural of Lynching

Lawmakers are considering what to do with the two murals at issue, which depict a buckskin-clad Indian as he's apprehended by two white men before two other arm...

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