Indigenous Peoples’ Day

By Robert Jensen | teleSUR | October 11, 2015 Although the movement to stop honoring Christopher Columbus with a holiday is gaining support, most of white America would prefer to avoid the subject. “Why does everything always have to be political with you?” a colleague asked, as I was railing against the U.S. federal holiday […]

RT | October 10, 2015 Nine cities in states across the US have pressed for resolutions to recognize October 12 as Indigenous Peoples’ Day rather than Columbus Day. Eight of those cities passed resolutions in the last two months and three adopted a resolution just this week. The City Council of Albuquerque, New Mexico voted […]