A POTENTIAL STEP THAT COULD HAVE BEEN TAKEN WITH THE ALBUQUERQUE CITY COUNCIL’S PROCLAMATION MAKING COLUMBUS DAY ALSO INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY IS MAKING IT A RESOLUTION. THE PROCLAMATION FROM COUNCILOR REY GARDUNO LAST WEEK TO HONOR THE CONTRIBUTION OF NATIVE AMERICANS WAS SIGNED BY SIX OF THE NINE COUNCILORS.
COUNCILOR TRUDY JONES … ONE OF THE THREE WHO DIDN’T SIGN IT … TELLS US A PROCLAMATION IS JUST A “FEEL GOOD” DOCUMENT. SHE SAYS IT WOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER IF GARDUNO HAD INTRODUCED IT AS A RESOLUTION SO THE COUNCIL COULD DEBATE AND VOTE ON THE ISSUE. SHE SAYS SHE ASSUMES HE DIDN’T DO THAT BECAUSE HE DIDN’T THINK IT WOULD PASS.
NATIVE AMERICANS AND OTHERS RALLIED MONDAY NIGHT IN DOWNTOWN ALBUQUERQUE TO MARK THE PROCLAMATION.
