Last Saturday, two parades had made their own way downtown of Denver although they have both different intentions.
Small cars and trucks, including two towing replicas of Christopher Columbus's sailing ships had made their way down to Broadway.
Rita DeFrange, chairwoman of the Columbus Day Parade community said "There are a whole host of Italians who bought a lot to our country. It's a culture we hold dear and want to celebrate."
But, just a few hours later right after the celebration starts, hundreds of people came to downtown. This is as a part of the Four Directions All Nations March which is a counter to the earlier Columbus Day March. People were wearing colors black, yellow, white, and red. They walked from North, East, South and West and stopped at the intersection of Lincoln street and Colfax Avenue for a traditional American Dance.
After this, they also did a rally at the State Capitol steps wherein Native Americans called for an end of national. Kenny Frost, of the Southern Ute Tribe said "We're making progress. One day we are going to get rid of Columbus Day in all 50 States"
People and cities were really trying to replace Columbus Day to Indigenous Day.
One of these cities is Phoenix who voted and declared that the 2nd Monday of October-same day as Columbus Day-be call Indigenous Peoples Day.
Phoenix is the largest city in the country who formally recognized this alternative celebration joining 25 countries including Seattle, Minneapolis and Denver. Even South Dakota and Vermont also honor the said celebration.
Not all cities in the country is agreed on this change, like Cincinnati City, which rejects the idea and said that it is very disappointing that majority of the City Council has no interest in recognizing their history anymore.
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