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SEATTLE -- The Seattle City Council next week will consider a resolution to change the name of Columbus to "Indigenous People's Day."
Native American tribes have been pushing for the change for years and successfully persuaded the Minneapolis City Council to make the change earlier this year. It was a unanimous vote.
The native groups argue that Columbus Day has been celebrated as the beginning of European domination of the Americas.
"By changing it to Indigenous People's Day is saying that you see that we have rights and you're offering you respect to work with us on a government to government level as equals," Lummi Tribal member George Jameson said Friday.
Council Members Bruce Harrell and Kshama Sawant introduced the resolution, which is on the agenda for discussion Tuesday.
Not sure about the change to Indigenous People Day but Seattle and all of Washington has a rich history with Native Americans. I would support changing the day to something that supported the local tribes. The Tribal Nations are our friends.
I hate how politically correct everything has become.
I hate how stupid things are to begin with. The Vikings discovered North America, already inhabited by people for ~50k years, over a 1000 before Columbus stumbled upon things. Native people mean a lot more on the West coast than Columbus. Particularly in a city named after a native chief.
There are no 'indigenous peoples' in North America. The Indians came across the Bering land bridge approx. 10,000 years ago, at least according to the best science that we have. Why does the left-wing Seattle City Council hate science?
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There are no 'indigenous peoples' in North America. The Indians came across the Bering land bridge approx. 10,000 years ago, at least according to the best science that we have. Why does the left-wing Seattle City Council hate science?
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"The question of who colonized the Americas, and when, has long been hotly debated. Traditionally, Native Americans are believed to have descended from northeast Asia, arriving over a land bridge between Siberia and Alaska some 12,000 years ago and then migrating across North and South America."
Looks like it was their land long before white men from Europe started showing up on their coast. Still it is a shame we celebrate Christopher Columbus who isn't someone worth celebrating.
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