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Flap over addition of Indian day
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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. Get the Story:
Grants School Board Member Proposes Dropping MLK Holiday (AP 4/10)
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