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Christopher Columbus Causes Young American Indians To Kill Themselves

Christopher Columbus Causes Young American Indians To Kill Themselves

NBP Editorial Board

The crazy headline you just read isn't just click-bait:  It's an argument made during the Los Angeles City Council meeting Wednesday.

The council took public comment on a proposal to change the name of Columbus Day to Indigenous Peoples' Day.

L.A. Junks Columbus Day
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L.A. Junks Columbus Day

NBP Staff

Goodbye Columbus Day, hello Indigenous Peoples' Day.

The Los Angeles City Council voted 14-1 on Wednesday to rename the state and federal holiday on the second Monday in October. Los Angeles joins several other cities in the United States to make the switch, including Cambridge, Massachusetts, which renamed the holiday in 2016.

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