Post by Logan on Feb 25, 2016 10:44:18 GMT -6
SALT LAKE CITY — Native Americans crowded into a committee room at the Capitol on Wednesday to show support for a bill that would change the name of Columbus Day to Indigenous Peoples Day in Utah.
SB170 sponsor Sen. Jim Dabakis, D-Salt Lake City, told the Senate Health and Human Services Committee that five states have changed the name of the holiday. The committee voted 3-1 to advance the bill to the full Senate, drawing cheers from those who attended the meeting.
Like Pioneer Day in Utah is not just an LDS Church holiday, Dabakis said, Indigenous Peoples Day would not be just about Native Americans.
"It's a day that we take and we create an atmosphere of understanding and appreciation for those who went before and sacrificed, and those who helped to create the culture that we have," Dabakis said of Pioneer Day, noting that Indigenous Peoples Day would do the same.
Read more: www.deseretnews.com/article/865648568/Committee-advances-bill-to-rename-Columbus-Day-in-Utah.html
SB170 sponsor Sen. Jim Dabakis, D-Salt Lake City, told the Senate Health and Human Services Committee that five states have changed the name of the holiday. The committee voted 3-1 to advance the bill to the full Senate, drawing cheers from those who attended the meeting.
Like Pioneer Day in Utah is not just an LDS Church holiday, Dabakis said, Indigenous Peoples Day would not be just about Native Americans.
"It's a day that we take and we create an atmosphere of understanding and appreciation for those who went before and sacrificed, and those who helped to create the culture that we have," Dabakis said of Pioneer Day, noting that Indigenous Peoples Day would do the same.
Read more: www.deseretnews.com/article/865648568/Committee-advances-bill-to-rename-Columbus-Day-in-Utah.html