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Letter to the editor: Change holiday name

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To the editor: This week the Oregon cities of Portland and Corvallis, as well as the state of Alaska, began observing the second Monday in October as Indigenous Peoples’ Day instead of Columbus Day. The “new” holiday was first celebrated in Berkeley, Calif., in 1992, on the 500th anniversary of Christopher Columbus’s first voyage to the Caribbean.

Carl Curtis Wilson
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Carl Curtis Wilson

Carl Curtis Wilson, 80, an Oregon native and Navy veteran, died June 5, 2014, leaving his loving wife of nearly 60 years.

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‘A protocol – both humble and generous – of journeying together’

  • JEFFERSON GREENE, Canoe Jouney advisor
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Canoe Journey is a ritual that encompasses great healing, hope, happiness, honor and hospitality. The Journey began with nine canoes as the “Paddle to Seattle” in 1989. As in ancient times, the paddlers can take weeks to reach their destination. The celebration has been reawakening indigenous Native American and First Nation cultures through their first potlatch (official feast for guests) since 1937.