Posted: | September 12, 2013 11:04 AM |
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From: | Representative Vanessa Lowery Brown |
To: | All House members |
Subject: | Recognizing the first Saturday in October each year as “Indigenous Peoples Day” in Pennsylvania |
Please join me in co-sponsoring a resolution to congratulate and recognize Pennsylvania’s American Indian peoples and communities and recognize the first Saturday in October of every year as “Indigenous Peoples Day” in Pennsylvania The American Indians have inhabited Pennsylvania dating back some 5,000 years. During that time, they have provided a wealth of heritage and history within the United States and specifically this Commonwealth. Former Secretary of the PA Historical and Museum Commission, Dr. George Donehoo, acknowledged that “No state in the entire nation is richer in Indian names or in fact Indian history than Pennsylvania.” Some of the great nations that inhabit and previously inhabited the territory known as Pennsylvania are the Lenape, Cherokee, Susquehanna, Unami, Minsi, Erie, Muscogee, Mohawk, Huron, Allegany, Shawnee, Susquehannock, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga and Seneca Indians, and the Wyandot, Chippewa, Mississauga and others. Some of our busiest highways such as Route 1, Route 40, Route 611 and Route 590 began as American Indian paths that were used for trade hunting. The American Indian culture has contributed to the agricultural development, medicinal discoveries, environmental preservation, commerce, governmental institutions and structures and many other facets of our country and state. In the 2011/2012 session, HR861 was passed in October 3, 2012 (196-0). Co-sponsors were: BISHOP , BRENNAN , CALTAGIRONE , DiGIROLAMO , KIRKLAND , PARKER , CUTLER , M. O'BRIEN , STABACK , FRANKEL , MAJOR , SANTARSIERO, HARHAI , KORTZ , GODSHALL , SCHMOTZER, SCAVELLO , SANTONI , COHEN , O'NEILL , MYERS , CLYMER , SONNEY , HESS , READSHAW , JAMES, DALEY , MILLARD , GOODMAN, MURT , CONKLIN , D. COSTA, GEIST and BRADFORD For more information concerning this resolution, please contact Fran Harris at (717) 772-6955 or Fharris@pahouse.net. |
Introduced as HR446