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Vermont

sheshe2

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2. Thank you Gov. Shumlin for getting that ball rolling.

Reply to handmade34 (Original post)

Sat Apr 20, 2019, 08:54 PM

Apr 2019

Way past time.

"Things that are symbolic can carry very far," said Rich Holschuh, of Brattleboro, a member of the Vermont Commission on Native American Affairs. "The degree of disinformation and lack of understanding around the situation of native people in Vermont, as a microcosm of the national situation, is totally exemplified in the way that Columbus has been celebrated and the native people ignored.

Thank you, handmade.

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Vermont moves to drop Columbus Day for Indigenous Peoples' Day [View all] handmade34 Apr 2019 OP

Entire nation should do the same. democratisphere Apr 2019 #1

... handmade34 Apr 2019 #3

Thank you Gov. Shumlin for getting that ball rolling. sheshe2 Apr 2019 #2

Shumlin was good handmade34 Apr 2019 #4

Kick. sheshe2 Apr 2019 #5

Indigenous Peoples' Day - long overdue democrank Apr 2019 #6