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We may have seen the last of Columbus Day in Seattle. @RobKIRO7 is live ahead of today's city vote. #wakeupwithus pic.twitter.com/4B59C7GUZw
— KIRO 7 (@KIRO7Seattle) October 6, 2014
The Seattle School Board has already voted to replace Columbus Day with “Indigenous Peoples Day.”
Today, the Seattle City Council will vote on making the same move, and supporters are on the scene to jump aboard the PC bandwagon:
#abolishcolumbusday in Seattle #IdleNoMore @lastrealindians the end of columbus day is here pic.twitter.com/GSi5OrtSsJ
— Matt Remle (@wakiyan7) October 6, 2014
Native Americans form a drum circle as they lobby Seattle to drop the term Columbus Day #liveonkomo pic.twitter.com/9NEC33NkVZ
— Joel Moreno (@JoelMorenoKOMO) October 6, 2014
Live from Seattle city hall #abolishcolumbusday today we give rise to Indigenous Peoples' Day #idlenomore pic.twitter.com/Twq5FeBARR
— Matt Remle (@wakiyan7) October 6, 2014
Teach the right history of this murderer #abolishcolumbusday pic.twitter.com/KaKwtSiWmR
— Robert Cook (@Wazihanska) October 6, 2014
#IndigenousPeoplesDay is about recognizing the atrocities committed by Columbus and his fellow colonizers. http://t.co/VylCvTEEyt
— Kshama Sawant (@cmkshama) October 6, 2014
"I always wished I worked for a place that celebrated Columbus Day." Said no culturally sensitive person ever. #indigenouspeoplesday
— Angelica Moreno (@amore1134) October 6, 2014
Christopher Columbus: Not wanted by any decent person #IdleNoMore #FirstNations #indigenouspeoplesday #socialjustice pic.twitter.com/kgvVh2vVna
— Mary L Adams (@DecolonizeWS) October 6, 2014
The vote is taking place soon.
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