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be appropriate. He mentioned the restriction imposed by the legislation which requires that any construction contemplated for this site must go back to the Congress for authorization.
Mr. Ripley had volunteered that we might have light structures for educating people about the coming world, such as exhibitions on energy, food, etc. We would love to involve ourselves in a kind of ethnic approach as to how Indians feel as to their importance as people. We have thought of redesigning some space in the Museum of Natural History to have a study in depth in exhibit form including live, audio-visual techniques of body movement, language, the difference between habits and customs of people, and to help preserve these ethnic differences from homogenization in our culture.
Inasmuch as more information is necessary in order to pursue the facts in the matter, the following resolution, suggested by Judge Higginbotham, was unanimously adopted:

VOTED that the Secretary is authorized to explore the status of the New York collection, evaluate it and advise the Regents of any viable options; and ensure that the Regents and the Institution are sensitive to including in our diverse spectrum the role of the American Indian.