Amid conflict, Denver American Indian Commission co-chairs step away from Indigenous Peoples Day event

Amid conflict, Denver American Indian Commission co-chairs step away from Indigenous Peoples Day event

The co-chairs of Denver’s American Indian Commission no longer want the city to organize an Indigenous Peoples Day event this month, citing an ongoing feud among the panel’s members and with a City Council member. The two commission leaders wrote about the dispute in a letter sent to Mayor Mike Johnston last week, ahead of the city’s first observance of that day as a paid city holiday. Trennie Burch and Deserea Richards called out Councilwoman S…