TWO HOLIDAYS BEING CELEBRATED IN ALBUQUERQUE MONDAY … COLUMBUS DAY … AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY. THE ALBUQUERQUE CITY COUNCIL LAST WEEK APPROVED THE OBSERVANCE TO RECOGNIZE THE CONTRIBUTION OF NATIVE AMERICANS.
NATIVE AMERICANS IN NEW MEXICO HAVE BEEN PUSHING FOR THIS A LONG TIME AND SAY ITS NOT JUST ABOUT THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS OR THEIR CULTURE, BUT THEIR CONTINUED STRUGGLE. A RALLY IN ALBUQUERQUE MONDAY NIGHT TO MARK THE APPROVAL AND OBSERVANCE OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY. THE MARCH WILL MOVE FROM 1ST AND CENTRAL TO CIVIC PLAZA.
THE DUKE CITY NOW JOINS SEVERAL OTHER CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. BUT FORMER LULAC REGIONAL EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR RALPH ARELLANES TELLS OUR NEWS PARTNER KOB TV IT SIDELINES THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF LATINOS.
