VILLAGE BOARD CONCLUDES: It’s Time To Revisit Use Of Word ‘Indian’ On Plaques, Statues By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – It’s time, Village Trustee MacGuire Benton said, to revise the Indian Grave and two plaques at Council Rock. “The sign refers to Native Americans as ‘Indians’,” he said during the Village Board meeting this evening. “It’s racially insensitive and incorrect, and it needs to be updated.” Trustee Richard Sternberg made the motion to reach out to the…
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