Original air date: August 29, 2016
Host Taylor Weech shares listeners thoughts and calls on the Monday, August 29th vote by Spokane City Council to replace Columbus Day with Indigenous People’s Day, the afternoon before the vote and also shares thoughts about another contentious piece of colonial history, closer to home, in the character of Col. George Wright. Includes a short briefing on the topic of next week’s show, the Standing Rock reservation pipeline resistance, still in progress.
Includes portions of the following:
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2016/aug/25/spokane-council-to-consider-exchanging-columbus-da/
http://www.upworthy.com/what-is-indigenous-peoples-day-and-why-should-it-replace-columbus-day
http://spokanehistorical.org/items/show/178
http://www.taylorweech.com/river-whispers-river-roars/
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2015/may/17/questions-arise-over-col-george-wrights-legacy/