Seattle changes Columbus Day to Indigenous People's Day [View all]
Source: WTHR.com
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SEATTLE: Columbus Day is history in Seattle. The City Council unanimously voted to change the name to Indigenous People's Day.
Not everyone was celebrating the decision.
A cultural divide played out at Seattle City Hall over a resolution to dump Columbus Day.
"Nobody discovered Seattle, Washington!" one speaker said to cheers.
But the battle pits Native Americans against Italian Americans, who say they're insulted.
"Italian Americans everywhere are intensely offended," said a protester.
The Native American protestors said they're not against Italians. They're against celebrating Christopher Columbus, whom many American school children were taught discovered America, but whose discovery led to the murder of millions of native people.
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Read more: http://www.wthr.com/story/26727893/2014/10/07/seattle-changes-columbus-day-to-indigenous-peoples-day
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