Another Perspective on Columbus Day.

October 12, 2012 / Kiersti Giron / Columbus Day, Diné, Mark Charles, Native Americans, racial reconciliation, seasons

Last year I posted that I didn’t know what to think of Columbus Day anymore.This year I wanted to share this short video, made by a Navajo man seeking to further reconciliation and understanding between the native and immigrant peoples of our land today. And again this Columbus Day I want to say it: thank […]

Thoughts on Columbus Day

October 11, 2011 / Kiersti Giron / Columbus Day, Diné, faith, Mark Charles, Native Americans, racial reconciliation

I don’t know quite what to think of Columbus Day anymore. Not that I’ve ever exactly celebrated it. The closest to even acknowledging the day—other than it being a government holiday—that I can remember is through the Cupie Doll paper dolls I had somewhere around first grade. The little boy and girl figures had coordinated […]