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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsChristopher Columbus was awful (but this other guy was not)
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Christopher Columbus was awful (but this other guy was not) (Original Post)
wyldwolf
Oct 2014
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The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,724 posts)1. Talk about historical whitewashing.
Maybe someday the holiday will have a different name; we can hope. It got renamed "Indigenous People's Day" here in Minneapolis, http://www.startribune.com/local/minneapolis/256788831.html and I think they did that in Seattle, too.
denbot
(9,900 posts)2. Excellent post
K&R
Kingofalldems
(38,458 posts)4. Kick and Rec.
Mnemosyne
(21,363 posts)5. K&R! nt
hankthecrank
(653 posts)6. K&r n/t
Stuart G
(38,428 posts)7. k and r..nt