Today, cities around the will country celebrate IndigenousPeoplesDay instead of Columbus Day. Here's why:
“We stand on the shoulders of activists that have been working on this for decades,” Chrissie Castro, who works with the Los Angeles City/County Native American Indian Commission, tells. Castro has worked to get the city council to replace the day for the past two years and points out that the American Indian Movement challenged Columbus Day in the 1970s.
Castro herself got involved more than 20 years ago when she was a college student. For decades, college campuses have been a prime venue for organizing against Columbus Day.Los Angeles, where the change has already taken place, is the second-biggest city in the U.S. Chicago is the third, and an Illinois Democratic candidate for governorColumbus Day with Indigenous Peoples Day and would work to get it done if elected.
Another city to keep an eye on is Boston. Mahtowin Munro, who works with United American Indians of New England, tellsthat there’s very little consciousness of indigenous peoples in cities in the Northeast compared with other big cities that have replaced the holiday. Nevertheless, Munro says she and others worked to change that at Tufts University, as well as in the city of Cambridge.
Kisha James is a freshman at Wellesley College. While she’s adjusting to a new schedule, new people, and new classes, she’s also working hard to start a Native student group on campus, as well as pushing the school to change the holiday. Kisha, who grew up in Boston and helped craft the resolution in Cambridge, is excited about the prospect of her city recognizing Indigenous Peoples Day.
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