More than 500 years after he sailed the sea, the name of Christopher Columbus still makes waves. "To us, he represents racism," Tessa McLean, member of the Colorado American Indian Movement, said.

Monday night, the Denver City Council approved the creation of an official Indigenous People's Day to be celebrated on the second Monday of every October of every year. That is the same day Columbus Day is also observed annually.

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