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As the school year begins,
an inspiring struggle is playing out in North Dakota. Led by the Standing Rock Sioux, Indigenous people from across the United States, Canada, and Mexico are gathering to oppose the $3.8 billion Dakota Access Pipeline, which would threaten to contaminate the Missouri River.
Dave Archambault, chairperson of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, explains: "It is a pipeline that is threatening the lives of people, lives of my tribe, as well as millions down the river. It threatens the ancestral sites that are significant to our tribe. And we never had an opportunity to express our concerns.
This is a corporation that is coming forward and just bulldozing through without any concern for tribes."
The "bulldozing" of Indigenous lives, Indigenous lands, and Indigenous rights all began with Columbus's invasion in 1492."With 50 men we could subjugate them all and make them do whatever we want,"Columbus bragged in his journal on his third day in the Americas. His policies in the Caribbean led to a horrific loss of life and culture. Columbus set the pattern for all subsequent European invasions.
In solidarity with Indigenous peoples throughout the world, the Zinn Education Project has joined the campaign to Abolish Columbus Day.
Celebrating Columbus means
celebrating colonialism, celebrating racism, celebrating genocide
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It's time that instead we paid tribute to the people who were here first, who are still here, and who are lead
ing the struggle for a sustainable planet.
JOIN US
in abolishing Columbus Day and celebrating Indigenous Peoples Day in our classrooms, our schools, our communities,
and our country.
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Digital and Printable Materials
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To encourage schools to petition their administration and for communities to introduce legislation to rename Columbus Day to Indigenous Peoples Day, we have compiled this
14-page packet that contains
articles,
sample resolutions,
a resource list, and a
poster.
Download and share with your colleagues and community.
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Add Your Story
Find where Columbus Day has been abolished and pending resolutions.
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Stickers Now Available!
Donate and help promote the campaign with a pack of Abolish Columbus Day stickers to share.
Or make a general contribution to support this campaign.
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Related Lessons and Resources
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Lessons
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How to engage students in a critical analysis of the textbook version of "discovery."
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Role play in the form of a trial to determine
who is responsible for the death of millions of Taínos on the island of Hispaniola.
Roles available in Spanish.
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Articles
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Brief bios of people of Italian heritage
who were committed to social justice.
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Brief overview and Native American
activism since the late 1960s.
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The goal of the Zinn Education Project is to introduce students to a more accurate, complex, and engaging understanding of United States history.
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