The ongoing conversation of #IndigenousPeoplesDay is beginning to spread like wildfire, helping put end to the distorted narrative of “Columbus Day.”
Since 2015 36 jurisdictions have started celebrating #IndigenousPeoplesDay. In an interview with CNN, Dr. Leo Killsback, a citizen of the Northern Cheyenne Nation and assistant professor of American Indian Studies at Arizona State University, states that “Indigenous Peoples Day is a shift in consciousness.”
This ongoing movement, as it pertains to Twitter especially, could be the start of a change in a narrative that has been distorted and flooded throughout the American education system. See some of today’s most powerful tweets in support of the movement:
this is such a powerful video!! we should never celebrate christoper columbus #IndigenousPeoplesDaypic.twitter.com/ew48iAESzW
— #1 kimberly hater (@apunkgrl) October 10, 2016
Because … ?🏾#indigenouspeoplesday#columbusdaypic.twitter.com/2imQOiQfAe
— Walker Sands (@WalkLou) October 10, 2016
#IndigenousPeoplesDay “acknowledges that indigenous peoples & their voices are important in today’s conversations.” https://t.co/ORkrnBzZDJ
— Eugene Scott (@Eugene_Scott) October 10, 2016
#ColumbusDay marks the radicalization and genocide of Native Americans by US citizens, soldiers, and government policy.#indigenouspeoplesday
— TAP (@Theresa144) October 10, 2016
The only Christopher we acknowledge is Wallace! #IndigenousPeoplesDay (🎨 by: @samrodriguezart) pic.twitter.com/XkWLSu4uLm
— Sons & Brothers (@sonsandbros) October 10, 2016
“Few have been ignored by Washington for as long as Native Americans—the 1st Americans” @POTUS #IndigenousPeoplesDay pic.twitter.com/KNF3P0v5FL
— Ryan P. Haygood (@RyanPHaygood) October 10, 2016
Happy #IndigenousPeoplesDay!!!
These are beautiful humans from my tribe #HUICHOL pic.twitter.com/40fp8n2NRk— solz huico (@asolezz) October 10, 2016
My 3rd grader’s teacher newsletter.
So will you be covering genocide, slavery, and the myth of the Discovery, or nah? #IndigenousPeoplesDay pic.twitter.com/CBArVNCGF2
— ? ? ? ??? ???? (@Alhakofi) September 28, 2016
North Dakota is following in the illustrious footprints of Christopher Columbus. #NoDAPL #Indigenouspeoplesday #IPDOKC #CrimesOfGenocide pic.twitter.com/wDO8OdC8zK
— ? ? ? ??? ???? (@Alhakofi) September 26, 2016