Fiscal Note
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Title
Affirming and proclaiming Monday, October 10, 2005 as "Indigenous Peoples Day".
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WHEREAS, the year 2005 marks the fifth annual celebration of Indigenous Peoples Day at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and the inaugural annual celebration in the City of Madison, begun in commemoration of five hundred years of survival and renewal of Native cultures in the face of political and cultural repression, and;
WHEREAS, the Indigenous Peoples Day Committee, organized and led by the University of Wisconsin-Madison Wunk Sheek American Indian Student Group along with community members of local Native people and others, have once again organized the annual celebration with an Indigenous Peoples Day awareness celebration and parade on Monday, October 10th, and;
WHEREAS, the Indigenous culture flourishing in the Madison area since time immemorial was a sustainable peaceful culture based on cooperation among neighbors, on respect for the land and for all creatures living on it; and this Indigenous culture was disrupted and destroyed in Madison as in almost all parts of this hemisphere, and yet it has survived, and;
WHEREAS, the Indigenous Peoples Day awareness celebration has brought greater understanding to the people of Madison for over a decade regarding Native cultures and the enormous contributions they have made, and continue to make, to world culture,
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Madison Common Council does hereby affirm and proclaim that Monday, October 10, 2005 as Indigenous Peoples Day and does hereby officially sponsor it, offering our thanks and gratitude to Native People of this hemisphere on behalf of the non-native people of Madison, in recognition of their care for this land, and in honor of their culture and philosophy, which are needed now more than ever if the planet is to survive; and,
BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED, that The Madison Common Council urges all Madisonians to attend t...
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