by Machaela Murrell | Oct 10, 2022 | Opinion
Who first discovered America? If you grew up being taught the traditional form of American history, your answer is probably Christopher Columbus. The common narrative is that the Italian explorer discovered America in 1492. In reality, the land had been inhabited for...
by Miguel A. De La Torre | Oct 7, 2022 | Opinion
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by Starlette Thomas | Oct 11, 2021 | Opinion, The Raceless Gospel Initiative
The calendar on my iPhone now has two holidays listed on the same day. Monday, Oct. 11 is both Columbus Day and Indigenous Peoples’ Day. I choose not to celebrate the former for his attempted genocide of the latter. I’m bursting awkward silence conversation bubbles...
by Michelle Casavant and Jodi Spargur | Oct 11, 2021 | Opinion
Tiny shoes cover steps to church buildings, orange ribbons fly from school fences and little lights spot otherwise empty fields. These are ever-growing visual reminders of a brutal and genocidal legacy of a church-run, government-funded project of assimilation that...
by Leroy Seat | Oct 8, 2018 | Opinion
Today is Columbus Day, a federal holiday in the United States. However, only about half of the states observe that day, and four states – as well as many cities – celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ Day instead. Columbus Day was first celebrated in the U.S. in 1792, and 100...
