Denver (KDVR) – While the rest of the state celebrates the day of Kabrini on the first of October instead of the Columbus day next week, Denver Metro Province notes on its local vacation to honor its first residents.
In 2020, legislators in Columbus replaced the day of a government vacation with a Caprini day, amid a greater national conversation at the time about the legacy of the effect of explorer Christopher Columbus on the original North America. Former President Joe Biden in 2021 The day of holidays announced the original peoples in addition to the day of Columbus.
While Colorado did not distinguish the day of the original peoples as a government vacation, in Arabahu, local officials announced on the first of October, “Arabaho’s Day”, to honor the indigenous people in the province, the Arabso people, and recognize their place in the history of the province and the state.
The legislation that creates the day of Kabrini a week ago is usually celebrated as the day of Columbus honors the name of the holiday, a nun that came to Colorado in 1902 after migrating to the United States from Italy and became a “human hero for immigrants and children”.
This is a draft law Columbus’s legacy is also noticed on the indigenous people he faced when he first reached the Americas.
In 1492, the indigenous people of Tino welcomed their homeland on the island
From Quiqueya, which Columbus re -named Hasbaniola, “The draft law stipulates.” Fifty years later, the people of Tino had been exterminated by Columbus and his successors. “
Arabahu Province Council for Provincial Commissioners in 2023 Make an advertisement to announce the day of Arabahu To celebrate the culture of the Arabso people as well as remember the Sand Kreik massacre.
“As a boycott, we commend our names, the Arabaho tribe, which lived on these lands long before we become a boycott, and we get to know the unique heritage, cultures, languages, contributions, flexibility and diversity of the first nations,” the council said in the declaration. “We remember the Sand Kreik massacre, where the American soldiers attacked and killed 230 of the indigenous people, including Indians of Shayan and Arabaho, in the lands of southeast Colorado, and that over the centuries, the original peoples or forced performance were removed from the lands of the ancestors, and they were shaken, and gave them from worship or performance.”
The Sand Kreik massacre is one of the bloodiest days in the history of Colorado, when the American forces killed on November 9, 1864, about 230 people of Shayan and Arabahu near Fort Leon in what is now known as the Coa Province.
“We encourage all people to join us in this special celebration, learn about the important role that our original stay played and continued to play in success within the Arabso province,” and mentioned the announcement.
All the buildings of Arabahu Province are closed on MondayAs well as most other government buildings across the state watching Kabrini’s day.