Lawrence lawmaker sponsors bill to change Columbus Day to Indigenous Peoples Day
A local lawmaker is pushing to change a holiday that honors a European man who “discovered” America to honor instead the people who originally inhabited the land. State Rep. Boog Highberger, D-Lawrence, is co-sponsoring a bill with Wichita Democrat Rep. Ponka-We Victors, who is Native ...
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Lawrence lawmaker sponsors bill to change Columbus Day to Indigenous Peoples Day
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