indigenous people
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Colorado moves to expand tribal voting, disclose candidate income in elections
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Colorado lawmakers approved a host of changes to the state’s election system with the passage of Senate Bill 276 on Saturday. The near-annual election “clean up” bill is drafted in coordination with the Secretary of State’s Office, county clerks and other stakeholders. This year, the bill seeks to make several changes, including expanding voting access on tribal…
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Colorado legislature approves new office, alert system for missing and murdered Indigenous people
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Investigations into missing and murdered Indigenous people may soon improve in Colorado – thanks to a bill legislators passed on Tuesday. More than four out of five Indigenous people in the U.S. have experienced violent crime, according to national data. Those are some of the highest rates of violence for any demographic, with Indigenous women…
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Colorado Senate OKs new office, alert system for missing and murdered Indigenous people
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More than four out of five Indigenous people in the U.S. have experienced violent crime, according to national data. Those are some of the highest rates of violence for any demographic, with Indigenous women nearly three times more likely to be murdered than white women. Colorado lawmakers are seeking to address this disparity with a…
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Knights of Columbus warn that Joe Salazar’s Columbus Day ban would fulfill Klan’s plan
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The world’s largest Catholic fraternal organization is coming out swinging against a bill sponsored by state Rep. Joe Salazar to cancel Columbus Day as a state holiday in Colorado. The Knights of Columbus — named in honor of explorer Christopher Columbus — is opposing House Bill 1327, saying the legislation is based on “fake history”…
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Joe Salazar introduces legislation to repeal Columbus Day as a state holiday in Colorado
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State Rep. Joe Salazar, a Thornton Democrat, on Friday introduced a bill to cancel Columbus Day as a state holiday in Colorado and instead offer state employees a floating day off in October. The legislation, House Bill 1327, includes a lengthy section that declares, “The Columbus voyage triggered one of history’s greatest slave trades, the pillaging…
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Lawmakers, right and left, vote to retain Columbus Day
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After an emotional hearing that continued for hours, the House State Affairs committee on Monday voted down a bill that would have removed Columbus Day from the state’s holiday calendar. Long-shot House Bill 1135, sponsored by Rep. Joe Salazar, D-Thornton, brought testimony by Native Americans and others opposed to celebrating Christopher Columbus. Witnesses cited atrocities…
