In 1990, the Berkeley City Council passed a law changing the name
of Columbus Day to Native American Day because Columbus wasn't
nice to the Indians. Of course, no Indians were asked if they
wanted the holiday's name changed or if they wanted to be called
Native Americans.

In 1991, the Berkeley City Council changed the name again, to
Indigenous People Day. A group of P.C.ers argued that Indians
are not native to America but to Asia, so calling them Native
Americans might be insulting to Asians. Of course, neither the
Indian or Asian communities were consulted about this.

In 1992, the Italian American Anti-Defamation League gave the
City of Berkeley their Insensitivity Award. The Italian-American
group said that they agreed that Indians haven't been treated
well, but that the Italians weren't the ones who did it, so why
take away their holiday? Nobody asked Italian-Americans how they
felt about renaming Columbus day.

In 1994, the Berkeley City Council changed the holiday back to
Columbus Day.

In 1995, representatives of the Winnamucca Indians protested City
Council meetings. They argued that Indians had never asked that
Columbus day be renamed to honor Indians, since it had, the City
Council couldn't take it back, less they become "indigenous
peoples givers."

In 1996, the City Council changed the name to Indigenous Peoples
-- Columbus Day, but of course, that could change after the
election.