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Indigenous Peoples’ Day celebrates Native American peoples and recognizes their histories and cultures in a progressive counter-celebration to the federally recognized Columbus Day. Many Indigenous and non-Indigenous people reject celebrating Christopher Columbus because of the violent colonization he represents as a historical figure. The grade-school notion of “Columbus discovered America”…
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo used the n-word live on-air during a radio interview Tuesday. Cuomo, who regularly appears as a guest on The Roundtable with Alan Chartock on WAMC Northeast Public Radio, was discussing the controversy around celebrating Indigenous Peoples’ Day and Columbus Day simultaneously on Monday. Early on…
On Sunday, a statue of Christopher Columbus was defaced in San Francisco, according to a report from KPIX News. The statue on Telegraph Hill in the city’s Little Italy section had been covered in red paint with the words “Destroy all monuments of genocide” and “Kill all colonizers” scrawled at the…
Maine is stepping up to be the first state to ban the use of Native American mascots, names and imagery in public schools. Using mascots and other caricatures of Native American symbols and imagery has long been seen as offensive to cultures that were largely destroyed by white settlers. The…
One more state works to do away with a reminder of genocide. Vermont is one signature away from abolishing Columbus Day altogether and permanently recognizing Indigenous Peoples’ Day. The Vermont Legislature passed a bill that “will aid in the cultural development of Vermont’s recognized tribes, while enabling all indigenous peoples…