#82: Indigenous Peoples Day

In The Thick

Futuro Media

News, Politics

4.9 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 9 October 2017

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Across the U.S., cities and states are starting to call the second Monday in October Indigenous Peoples Day instead of Columbus Day. Los Angeles just officially changed the name, following in the footsteps of Minneapolis, Seattle, Alaska, and Oregon. Hosts Maria Hinojosa and Julio Ricardo Varela lead a conversation about the importance of this change with Mitch O’Farrell, council member of LA’s 13th district, and Chrissie Castro, vice chairwoman of the Los Angeles Native American Indian Commission.

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0:00.0	Today's show is brought to you by Away.
0:02.4	For $20 off a suitcase, visit away travel.com slash in the thick
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0:09.6	The genocide Christopher Columbus set in motion. It affected the entire Western Hemisphere.
0:16.0	The greatest genocide ever known on the planet.
0:19.0	Hey, welcome to In the Thick. This is a podcast about politics, race, and culture from a POC perspective.
0:27.8	I'm Maria Inohosan.
0:29.4	And I'm Julio Riccaldo Barella.
0:30.9	And joining us all the way from Maui is Mitch O'Farrell. He's a council member from Los Angeles's 13th District and he's a citizen of the Wyandotte Nation.
0:41.6	Welcome, Mitch.
0:42.8	Thank you.
0:43.3	It's great to be on your program.
0:44.9	Also joining us, and this time from Los Angeles
0:48.2	is Chrissy Castro.
0:49.4	She's vice chairwoman of the Los Angeles Native American Indian Commission and she's a citizen of the
0:55.2	Navajo Nation. Welcome to the show, Chrissy.
0:58.1	Thank you.
0:59.1	Today we're going to be talking about this thing called Columbus Day.
1:03.5	And the whole conversation that is not you,
1:06.8	then the question is this,
1:08.5	should it remain being called Columbus Day,
1:11.1	or should it be called Indigenous People's Day?
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