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Tufts Students Hosting Week Of Events For Indigenous Peoples Day
The school is eschewing Columbus Day to recognize those who were here before Christopher Columbus.
MEDFORD, MA – Columbus Day is no more at Tufts University, where students are instead observing Indigenous Peoples' Day with events throughout the week recognizing those who were here before Christopher Columbus.
The events kick off Monday with an Indigenous Peoples Day celebration from 4-7 p.m. on the Academic Quad.
The full schedule of events is below:
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Monday, Oct. 8
Indigenous Peoples Day Celebration - Academic Quad
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Weather Location: 51 Winthrop
4-7 p.m.
Sponsor: Office of Student Affairs
Tuesday, Oct. 9
Native American and Indigenous Studies: Reclaiming Our Future Now - 51 Winthrop
5-7 p.m.
Sponsor: Consortium of Studies in Race, Colonialism and Diaspora (RCD) & Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation
Wednesday, Oct. 10
IPD Movie Night: Spirit Game - Olin 7
7-9 p.m.
Sponsors: CHAT, RCD, History, Religion, SMFA
Thursday, Oct. 11
Settler Colonialism from Massachusetts to Palestine
Granoff Room 155 (Agnes Varis Music Lecture Hall)
7-8:30 p.m.
Sponsor: Tufts Students for Justice in Palestine
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