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I suggest an Andrew Warhola Day to celebrate the fact that thankfully
there are not enough days for every gallinascat gaggle of sectarian
ideologues to have its own. AWD should not come at any time in
particular or be considered to conflict with any particular
non-birthday, except that it should not occur on the Monday after the
2nd Sunday in May.<br>
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On 10/05/13 16:59, George Hardebeck wrote:
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<div>Dear Friends,</div>
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<div>I would like to know if there is interest here in taking on
similar work to what we have begun, so far in Cincinnati, where
we lived before moving here in May of last year. </div>
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<div>In 2011 and 2012, for our Vigil for Native Life, our Mayor of
Cincinnati, Mark Mallory, proclaimed Columbus Day as also First
Americans Day, an honorary title. In 2010 he proclaimed for us Native
American Heritage Month, to honor this lightly known national
observance, also as a city, among related proclamations. </div>
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<div>First Americans Day... could be honored leading up to Native
American Heritage Month, November, as Martin Luther Kings Day leads
into African American Heritage Month.</div>
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<div>Some of our local peoples of indigenous decent, In Cincinnati,
among others associated, felt we should not try to bring Columbus Day
to an end, as this might sweep this figure under the carpet, when we
need to address the genocide and ecocide that began with his
'discovery' of the Americas. </div>
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<div>Some states dropped the holiday or never took it up. Much of
this is listed in the links provided. We felt, for a potentially
national holiday in the future the term First Americans honored our
First Peoples best and left room for native species of the Americas to
be honored. 'First' connotes a sense of respect that Native and
Indigenous have not engendered, so well so far.</div>
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<div>In Wikipedia, linked, see 'Opposition' down, also for South
American positions. </div>
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href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbus_Day" target="_blank"><font
color="#0066cc">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</font><font
color="#0066cc">Columbus_Day</font></a></div>
<div><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.indians.org/welker/byecolum.htm" target="_blank"><font
color="#0066cc">http://www.indians.org/welker/</font><font
color="#0066cc">byecolum.htm</font></a></div>
<div><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.transformcolumbusday.org/faithful.html"
target="_blank"><font color="#0066cc">http://www.</font><font
color="#0066cc">transformcolumbusday.org/</font><font color="#0066cc">faithful.html</font></a></div>
<div><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/02/obama_and_first_americans.html"
target="_blank"><font color="#0066cc">http://www.americanthinker.</font><font
color="#0066cc">com/2010/02/obama_and_first_</font><font
color="#0066cc">americans.html</font></a></div>
<div><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://blog.reconciliationecology.org/2010/10/apology-for-columbus-day.html"
target="_blank"><font color="#0066cc">http://blog.</font><font
color="#0066cc">reconciliationecology.org/</font><font color="#0066cc">2010/10/apology-for-columbus-</font><font
color="#0066cc">day.html</font></a><u><font color="#1155cc"><a
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href="http://open.salon.com/blog/avimecca/2011/10/04/an_italianamerican_against_columbus_day">http://open.salon.com/blog/avimecca/2011/10/04/an_italianamerican_against_columbus_day</a></font></u></div>
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<div>Are there those here interested in such work? I know there has
been much work undertaken around mascots. What can we do beginning this
year, as a region... to open a conversation, perhaps, for what we may
take on throughout the next year for greater healing, reconciliation,
amends, etc.?</div>
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<div>Upholding symbols like Columbus sets a precedent for such
injustice to be related as standard to our formational identity, as a
people of place, allowing us to more easily carry such ways elsewhere.
There are, I understand, Italian Americans seeking another Italian
American Day, after First Peoples have discussed this with them.</div>
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<div>Having grown for part of my childhood among family in
southwestern Ireland, I have seen how cultures can revive the identity
of their homelands, their native language and arts, and rooted ways of
being toward their place and life, and the benefits of more intentional
culture.</div>
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<div>In Cincinnati we opened Native American Heritage Month, for a
few years so far, with our Harvest for Reconciliation, on the first
weekend of November, following that Friday being World Community Day.
This, more informally and in gratitude, began our Healing Our
Heartlands more focused conversations for reconciliation with our First
Peoples, Culture and Life (ecologically...), all Native, which we ran
through aspects of our culture: Interfaith & Interethnic work;
Health & Education; Gardening & Conservation; and Arts &
Media (to take on well being through identity... place to planet, as
ecology works). Commercial & Public Service could follow. These
conversations were also woven into arts events, for eco-cultural
restoration, all focused from harvest into Spring as a season of
reconciliation to bring us back into further restoration during
the outdoor season.</div>
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<div>I can share copies of our proclamations with those interested,
or other materials used for our Vigil for Native Life, etc. I need to
support our related events in Cincinnati, it seems, next weekend around
this date.</div>
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<div>Deep Peace & Ghra Mhor, </div>
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<div>George Hardebeck</div>
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<div>ARCHE - Arts Restoring Culture for Healing Earth</div>
<div>join our Facebook group</div>
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