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October 9, 2018

Columbus, Ohio Cancels Columbus Day as L.A Celebrates Indigenous People
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Trump's tweet came as an increasing number of cities have rejected the
Columbus Day holiday. Columbus, Ohio-the state's capital city named for
Christopher Columbus-remained open for business on Monday, opting
instead to close for Veterans Day this year. In Los Angeles, officials
marked "Indigenous Peoples Day" for the first time this year as Native
American tribal leaders held a ceremony marking the occasion. This is
Chief Red Blood of the Gabrielino-Tongva tribe in California.

Chief Red Blood: "It's something that has been instilled in us since …
in school that in 1492, Columbus was this great guy who was an explorer
and adventurer that was going to be a good person to us. But as we got
older, we learned otherwise, that it wasn't true, and now I guess you
could say the truth is out."



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