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- From: rich@pencil.cs.missouri.edu (Rich Winkel)
- Subject: SENDING COLUMBUS HOME
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- /** gen.newsletter: 158.9 **/
- ** Written 11:14 pm Oct 26, 1992 by web:act in cdp:gen.newsletter **
- SENDING COLUMBUS HOME
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- 'Columbus Day' 1992 saw protests throughout the Americas against the
- 500 years of colonization, and in celebration of native survival and
- resistance.
-
- In Toronto, some 500 people attended a rally at Queen's Park, organized
- by a broad coalition of groups, then marched to the Bickford Centre for
- an indoor rally and feast. Similar events took place across Canada.
-
- In the United States, the most dramatic protest took place in San
- Francisco, where a march of over 7,000 people prevented Columbus
- from landing. Originally, the city had planned to welcome the 'Columbus
- ships', the replicas of the Nina, Pinta and Santa Maria, which have been
- receiving less than enthusiastic welcomes on their year-long tour; but
- the ships cut short their journey, afraid of further protests and bad
- publicity. They were replaced by a costumed man on a smaller boat.
- But he was turned back by a flotilla of sailboats calling themselves the
- 'Peace Navy,' and no landing finally took place.
-
- Denver, Colorado, cancelled their annual Columbus Day parade;
- instead, there was a march and rally in honour of the native peoples
- of America.
-
- In New York, 3,000 people marched on the United Nations building,
- demanding that indigenous nations be given seats at the United
- Nations. This was not only a Columbus Day protest, but also part of
- the build-up for 1993, the United Nations 'Year of Indigenous People'.
-
- Protests also took place in Central and South America. In San
- Salvador, El Salvador, alongside an official government ceremony
- in which Columbus' arrival was referred to as "a transcendental
- occasionS, there was a people's march of some 15,000, marking
- Columbus Day with less fervent admiration and also drawing
- attention to government failings in the peace process. There was
- no confrontation between the two groups.
-
- Six "marches for dignityS arrived in Teotihuacan, Mexico,
- commemorating the survival and traditions of the native peoples
- of the Americas.
-
- Events took place even as far away as Australia, where, in
- Melbourne, Australian indigenous people, from the Yarra Yarra tribe
- of the Koori, welcomed a representative from the Mapuche people
- of Chile.
-
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