Indigenous Peoples - Columbus Day - (A True Story) 
                     
In 1990, the Berkeley City Council passed a law changing the
name of Columbus Day to Native American Day because
Columbus wasn't nice to the Indians. Of course, no Indians
were asked if they wanted the holiday's name changed or if
they wanted to be called Native Americans. 

In 1991, the Berkeley City Council changed the name again, to 
Indigenous People Day. A group of P.C.ers argued that Indians
are not native to America but to Asia, so calling them Native
Americans might be insulting to Asians. Of course, neither the
Indian or Asian communities were consulted about this. 

In 1992, the Italian American Anti-Defamation League
gave the City of Berkeley their Insensitivity Award.
The Italian-American group said that they agreed that
Indians haven't been treated well, but that the Italians
weren't the ones who did it, so why take away their
holiday? Nobody asked Italian-American how they felt
about renaming Columbus day. 

In 1994, the Berkeley City Council changed the holiday
back to Columbus Day. 

In 1995, representatives of the Winnamucca Indians
protested City Council meetings. They argued that
Indians had never asked that Columbus day be renamed
to honor Indians, since it had, the City Council couldn't take
it back, less they become "indigenous peoples givers." 

In 1996, the City Council changed the name to 
Indigenous Peoples - Columbus Day. 

Currently there are people lobbying to rename the
holiday Animal Rights Day.