Contributions of past and present Indigenous peoples to be recognized by City of Gainesville on Oct. 14
Press release from City of Gainesville
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The City of Gainesville, the Indigenous Peoples’ Task Force, and community partners invite all neighbors to celebrate the vibrant culture, traditions, and history of the first inhabitants of the land.
When: 5:30-6:30 p.m. on Mon., Oct. 14
Where: City Hall Plaza, 200 E. University Avenue
Gainesville Mayor Harvey Ward will recognize the contributions and resilience of Indigenous peoples including the Potano, part of the Timucua Nation who once inhabited North Central Florida, and present the Indigenous Peoples’ Day proclamation to elders in attendance.
Ceremonial leaders request that attendees ask before taking photos or video during the event.
The event is free and open to the public and supports the City’s vision of an equitable community and access to diverse cultural and arts locations, facilities, and programs of interest to all neighbors.
This campaign has been brought to you by the Committee to Reelect Hand Picked DEC Loyalists. No actual indigenous people were involved in the making of this commercial.
Never met a Potano.
Not a big surprise, as the last known ones died out in the 1700’s.
Spanish disease and lead balls were 100% effective. So every year we celebrate October 12 as Columbus Diversity Extermination Day.
Europeans conquered tribes that were busy killing each other before the arrival. Europeans prevailed.
“The event is free and open to the public and supports the City’s vision of an equitable community and access to diverse cultural and arts locations, facilities, and programs of interest to all neighbors.”
Translation= More liberal woke BS
How about Potano history month?
Contributions?????
Big contribution. They died and allowed the Europeans to steal their homeland.
Alachua County is all Potano Land. When you look at the deed to your house, thank a Potano.
So, the Potano and the rest of the Timucua failed to stop illegal immigration into their territories, leading to the complete annihilation of their nation and culture?
A cautionary tale, indeed.
Let me know when you donate your house and property back for your ancestors sins.
Nice of them to allocate a whole day, but East and West Florida Territories (later the State of Florida) have a deep, rich history that is almost hidden rather than being taught in school. Take five minutes and read about the (misnamed) Seminole Wars. Hopefully one can learn why our roads seem to always go in strange directions, and how we came up with so many hard-to-spell-and-pronounce names for cities, counties, and roads.
AC could run a feature article once a week from someone at Matheson about our local history, too. I bet they’d jump at the opportunity.