Re: American Indian Day?

Jennifer Norris (norrisj@boalt.berkeley.edu)
Mon, 11 Sep 1995 08:34:27 PST


cuadros@uclink2.berkeley.edu (Eric Berg Cuadros) writes:

> In Berkeley, CA, October 12 is Native American Day. It is not Columbus
> Day. Columbus was a murderer of American people and so is not celebrated.

Actually, the official title of the day is "Indigenous Peoples Day". It was so
great when I moved to Berkeley to see the Wells Fargo and Bank of America doors
with "Closed for Indigenous Peoples Day" signs on them.