IT’S USUALLY COLUMBUS DAY … BUT THE A CITY COUNCIL WEDNESDAY VOTED IN FAVOR OF RECOGNIZING THE SECOND MONDAY IN OCTOBER AS INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY. THE IDEA WAS FIRST FLOATED BY A NATIVE AMERICAN DELEGATION AND A U-N CONFERENCE BACK IN 1977 TO RECOGNIZE THE CONTRIBUTION OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLE.
WEDNESDAY’S COUNCIL VOTE WAS 6-TO-3, WITH TRUDY JONES, DAN LEWIS, AND DON HARRIS NOT SIGNING THE PROCLAMATION.
