City Council support of the full Massachusetts Indigenous Legislative Agenda

How it started

Feb 10, 2020 · Proposed by Councillors Nolan and McGovern, Mayor Siddiqui, and Councillors Zondervan and Carlone: a formal request from the Council to the administration.

What happened

Feb 10, 2020 · ✅ Order adopted as amended

Present and voting at this meeting (9)

Alanna Mallon
Dennis Carlone
E. Denise Simmons
Jivan Sobrinho-Wheeler
Marc McGovern
Patty Nolan
Quinton Zondervan
Sumbul Siddiqui
Timothy J. Toomey

Adopted by voice vote. A voice vote records the outcome, not individual positions. No member's yes or no is on the record (though a member can ask to be recorded in the negative in the minutes). Showing the members who cast recorded votes at this meeting. Rule 6 requires a roll call for spending over $50 or on any member's request; state law requires one for every vote when a member participates remotely. · photos: City of Cambridge

What’s next

⌛ No response on the docket: nothing has been filed back under this request's number. Answers sometimes arrive as other items; this ledger tracks only this one.

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The City Council adopted

<http://cambridgema.iqm2.com/Citizens/Detail_LegiFile.aspx?ID=2762&highlightTerms =indigenous> a policy order on June 6, 2016, stating that the second Monday of October henceforth be commemorated as Indigenous Peoples' Day in Cambridge, in recognition of the Indigenous people’s position as native to these lands, and the suffering they faced following European conquest of their land; and

The City Council adopted

<http://cambridgema.iqm2.com/Citizens/Detail_LegiFile.aspx?ID=9657&highlightTerms =massachusetts%20flag> a policy order on June 24, 2019, to find suitable location other than the Sullivan Chamber where the state flag may be displayed in compliance with state law, recognizing that the symbolism on the state flag is a painful reminder of the history of oppression and genocide indigenous peoples suffered at the hands of the colonists; and

The Neighborhood & Long-Term Planning; Public Facilities, Arts, and Celebrations

Committee will continue to discuss ways to establish a more robust celebration of Indigenous Peoples Day in Cambridge; now therefore be it RESOLVED: That the City Council go on record supporting the full Massachusetts Indigenous Legislative Agenda, which includes the actions mentioned above already taken by the City, along with the support for two bills, which call for improving Indigenous educational outcomes (H.444) through the creation of a permanent commission relative to the education of Native American residents of the commonwealth, and protecting Native American Heritage (S.1811/H.2948) by ensuring that Native American objects of cultural patrimony held in governmental, municipal or non-profit collections are not sold for profit; and be it further ORDERED: That the City Clerk be and hereby is requested to forward copies of the Massachusetts

Indigenous Legislative Agenda <http://maindigenousagenda.org/wp-

content/uploads/2020/01/Support-MA-Indigenous-agenda-Action-2020.pdf> to the Cambridge delegation on behalf of the entire City Council, imploring them to advance the agenda for a vote before the State Legislature.

🗓 The meeting where this was taken up: Feb 10, 2020