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Celebrate Native American history month with these wise and inspirational quotes from Native Americans and Indigenous Peoples.
Columbus cut off the legs of native children who tried to run from them. He aided in sex trafficking nine and ten-year-old girls. Moving away from Columbus Day and celebrating Indigenous Peoples ...
The American Diabetes Association (ADA) is a United States-based nonprofit that seeks to educate the public about diabetes and to help those affected by it through funding research to manage, cure and prevent diabetes, including type 1 diabetes, type 2 diabetes, gestational diabetes, and pre-diabetes. It is a network of 565,000 volunteers which ...
Columbus Day has been a national holiday since 1937, but in recent years some have advocated to refocus the day on Indigenous People rather than on explorers who brought violence and slavery with ...
Diabetes has posed a significant health risk to Native Americans. Type I diabetes is rare among Native Americans. Type II diabetes is a much more significant problem; it is the type of diabetes discussed in the remainder of this section. Diabetes began to occur at higher rates among Native Americans in the middle of the twentieth century and ...
Minnesota State University, Mankato began celebrating Indigenous Peoples' Day in place of Columbus Day, following an official vote to establish this by the Minnesota State Student Association. [citation needed] December. The city council of Grand Rapids, Minnesota, passed a resolution recognizing Indigenous Peoples' Day. [12]
Vice President Kamala Harris reiterated her support for renaming Columbus Day Monday after her past comments on the contentious topic resurfaced, prompting the Trump campaign and others to accuse ...
Kelly L. Close (born December 1967) is an American writer, speaker, and advocate for people with diabetes.. Close was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at age 18. She received a BA in English and Economics from Amherst College in 1990 and an MBA from Harvard Business School in 1995.