With seven cities (including Lawton, Oklahoma, and South Fulton, Georgia) changing Columbus Day to Indigenous Peoples Day this year, now is the time to add your school or city to the list for 2018. 

Celebrating Columbus means celebrating colonialism, celebrating racism, celebrating genocide. It's time that instead we paid tribute to the people who were here first, who are still here, and who are leading the struggle for a sustainable planet.

 

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Download Packet 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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ARTICLES

Italian Americans Who Fought for Justice Brief bios of people of Italian heritage who were committed to social justice.	Native American Activism: 1960s to Present Brief overview of Native American activism since the late 1960s.

Rethinking Columbus: The Next 500 Years	An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States	The Columbus Controversy: Challenging How History Is Written	Unlearning "Indian" Stereotypes Slideshow

 

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