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Boston City Hall. During the Boston City Council meeting today, councilors discussed accepting an American Rescue Plan Act grant, creating a committee for domestic violence and sexual assault and recognizing Indigenous Peoples’ Day. ANDREW BURKE-STEVENSON/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

City Council discusses ARPA grant, committee for domestic violence and sexual assault, Indigenous Peoples’ Day

Siena Gleason October 9, 2024
Boston City Council discussed a $7 million grant payment, a resolution in support of a domestic violence and sexual assault committee and a resolution recognizing Indigenous Peoples’ Day during its Wednesday meeting at City Hall Plaza. 
Booths commemorating Indigenous People’s Day set up outside of Brookline Town Hall at an event hosted by the Brookline Indigenous Peoples Celebration Committee on Monday. The event showcased artists and advocacy groups seeking to educate people on indigenous culture and issues. SEAN YOUNG/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Brookline celebrates Indigenous Peoples’ Day with community event

Abigail Hassan October 11, 2023
Brookline celebrated Indigenous Peoples’ Day Monday with an event showcasing indigenous artists, advocate groups and speakers at the Brookline Town Hall.
Lila Baltaxe | Senior Graphic Artist

Indigenous Peoples’ Day is a good first step, but can’t be the last | Editorial

Nathan Metcalf October 10, 2023
Indigenous Peoples' Day is both performative and an important step for Indigenous liberation.
East to West: Oct. 15, 2021

East to West: Oct. 15, 2021

Veronica Thompson October 15, 2021

The Freshman 15 is just a myth! Today on East to West, we cover celebration of the 125th Boston Marathon as well as concerns over the overshadowing of Indigenous Peoples’ Day, a robbery at the South...

woman dancing for indigenous peoples' day

Boston Marathon pushed to same day as Indigenous Peoples’ Day, sparking concerns of obscured holiday

Cici Yu October 14, 2021
The Boston Marathon was moved to the same day as Indigenous Peoples’ Day, concerning Native advocates.
babam musician plays a tuba at an aclu march

Boston remains soundtracked by protest

Jesús Marrero Suárez April 8, 2021
The Boston Area Brigade of Activist Musicians draw inspiration from New Orleans street bands.
Jun Li/DFP STAFF

EDITORIAL: It’s time to retire American reverence for Columbus

Editors October 9, 2020
As society and its morals evolve, there comes a time when Columbus’ time as an American icon of navigation and expansion should be no more.
Joel Herbert

Diamonds and Rust: Columbus — The Myth, the Monster, the Man

Joel Herbert October 8, 2020
Centralizing blame on Columbus for all of the terrible things that came in his wake shifts accountability away from whole governments of people who have, and continue to, commit error.
The Christopher Columbus statue in the North End, beheaded in June, will not return to Christopher Columbus Park. Instead, a new statue that celebrates Italian heritage will take its place. COURTESY OF KATHRYN ROTONDO VIA FLICKR

Beheaded Christopher Columbus statue will not return to North End

Daniel Kool October 8, 2020
The repaired statue will instead relocate to a new affordable housing development funded by the Massachusetts Knights of Columbus.
PHOTO COURTESY OF WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

EDITORIAL: BU still celebrating Columbus Day is an embarrassment. Let’s recognize indigenous people instead.

Editors October 8, 2018

Students who have Monday off of school in recognition of Columbus Day are sometimes too grateful for the break, short as it may be, to question whether their university should still be affording respect...

A pony with a dyed mane to reflect the flag of Italy attends the Columbus Day Parade outside of City Hall Sunday afternoon. PHOTO BY CHLOE GRINBERG/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Boston confronts conflicted history with Columbus Day

Alana Fialkoff October 9, 2017

During the 80th anniversary of Columbus Day this past weekend, Bostonians took to the streets in celebration as well as in protest. To many revelers at the Columbus Day Parade on Sunday, the federal...

Protesters gather at the Indigenous Peoples Day rally Wednesday evening at Boston’s City Hall Plaza. PHOTO BY ASHLEY GRIFFIN/ DAILY FREE PRESS CONTRIBUTOR

Bostonians rally at City Hall, encourage city to change Columbus Day to Indigenous Peoples Day

Naba Khan October 6, 2016

About 80 people gathered in front of City Hall Wednesday afternoon to encourage the City of Boston to change Columbus Day, the second Monday in October, to Indigenous Peoples Day. Indigenous Peoples...

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