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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsOctober 13 is Indigenous Peoples Day, Not Columbus Day, in Minneapolis
http://blogs.citypages.com/blotter/2014/10/october_13_is_indigenous_peoples_day_not_columbus_day_in_minneapolis.phpThis year, for the first time since 1936, the second Monday in October won't be Columbus Day in Minneapolis.
Thanks to a resolution passed last April, the holiday has been renamed Indigenous Peoples Day. There's a bit of work still to be done, however -- at its most recent meeting, the Minneapolis City Council directed staff to work with leaders in the local American Indian community to "review the City of Minneapolis' programs, practices, and policies as they relate to the intended impact of the Indigenous Peoples Day Resolution."
First-term City Council member Alondra Cano led the council's drive to swap Indigenous Peoples Day for Columbus Day.
With regard to last Friday's vote, Cano tells us the idea is "to have the city staff dig deeper with American Indian leaders to find out, what are some of the other policy implications of this change? Do folks want to see this implemented in other ways in addition to just having the name changed?"
"So this is just a continuation of that work, and it's really important to have the American Indian community leading those efforts," she continues, citing easy-to-overlook things such as how the holiday is described on parking meters.
The change has already been implemented in some ways. City-issued calendars, which Cano says council members use as "a bible," already read "Indigenous Peoples Day" for October 13. The change has also been made on city press releases and media advisories.
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October 13 is Indigenous Peoples Day, Not Columbus Day, in Minneapolis (Original Post)
geardaddy
Oct 2014
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KamaAina
(78,249 posts)1. Seattle, too
geardaddy
(24,931 posts)2. Yep, they mentioned Seattle in the article.
I didn't know about Berkeley though.
Warpy
(111,392 posts)3. I hope they follow it out here in NM, too
There are a lot of reservations in this state.
I know a lot of NAs who consider Columbus Day a day of mourning. It's not just the 90% of native people who died after first contact, it's that Columbus was the first imperialist claiming land for his European masters. That's where the really bad news came in.
You'll never be able to change the holiday over much of the east coast, it's when Italians have a parade in competition with St. Paddy's Day. However, out west where the big reservations are, it's appropriate.