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Salt Lake Marks Columbus Day As Indigenous Peoples' Day Too

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People celebrate after the Salt Lake City Council passes the resolution to designate Oct. 9 as Indigenous People's Day.

Salt Lake City Council has officially declared the second Monday of October, also known as Columbus Day, as Indigenous Peoples' Day.

Council Chair Stan Penfold said the city encourages residents and businesses to celebrate the new holiday on Monday, Oct 9.

 

“Celebrating the two holidays the same day is a way to inform our understanding of each contributions to our national fabric without demeaning the significance of either," Penfold said.

 

Council member Charlie Luke said the city has a responsibility to oppose “the systematic discrimination toward indigenous people in the U.S.”

 

The Italian-American Civil League was strongly opposed to the move. In a letter, the league said it was an affront to their culture and “degrading and demeaning” to all Italian-Americans.

 

The resolution was approved unanimously by the council.

Salomé Moynot is from Paris, France. She moved to the U.S in the summer of 2014 to study at Southern Utah University. She fell in love with radio while hosting a show in college called "The French Hour" on Thunder 91.1 in Cedar City. After getting her degree in Communications she moved to Salt Lake and joined KUER as a weekend host and, more recently, as a news intern. In her free time, she loves to watch cheesy romantic comedies and complain about the food she misses from France.
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