Columbus Day name may change
Rocky Mountain News
Published January 23, 2007 at midnight
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A state legislator who is a member of the Comanche tribe is calling for study on a way to make Columbus Day less divisive, including the possibility of changing its name.
Sen. Suzanne Williams, D-Aurora, said she plans to introduce a resolution setting up a committee to debate "whether we should keep it, modify it or do something different with the holiday. Other states, for example, now call it All Nations Day."
Columbus Day, which began in Colorado in 1905, has led to heated protests by American Indians and others who say that Christopher Columbus should not be honored because of his mistreatment of natives.
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