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THURSDAY, APRIL 11, 2002

A proposal to replace Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday and Columbus Day with holidays for Veterans Day and Indian Cultural Day is raising flak in New Mexico.

A school board member in Grants-Cibola County said a day honoring Native Americans is needed because of the large number of American Indian students. About 30 percent of the school district is Native.

But an African-American activist and another board member are upset that the MLK would be dropped. They say removing the holiday is insensitive.

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Grants School Board Member Proposes Dropping MLK Holiday (AP 4/10)