Office of the Law Director • 85 S. Main St. • Oberlin, OH 44074 • (P) 440.935.7570 • (F) 440.776.2210 www.cityofoberlin.com Jon D. Clark, Law Director [email protected]Frank S. Carlson, Assistant Law Director/Prosecutor MEMO DATE: August 18, 2017 TO: Ronnie J. Rimbert, Council President Members of Council CC: Rob Hillard, City Manager Belinda Anderson, Clerk of Council FROM: Jon D. Clark, Law Director SUBJECT: Resolution Regarding Indigenous Peoples Day Contained in your packet is the current version of the Resolution incorporating the amendments approved to date. The redlined language suggests some additional revisions that you may wish to consider prior to final passage. These revisions are not substantive but in my view improve the flow and context of the Resolution. The revisions include a few miscellaneous punctuation corrections, a consolidation of the existing second and third “Whereas” clauses and a new, third “Whereas” clause that is based upon language provided by the original proponents of the Resolution. The motion to amend, if there is to be one, would include a reading of the revised second Whereas clause and the new third Whereas clause as follows: WHEREAS, the City of Oberlin recognizes that the land claimed by John Shipherd and Philo Stewart for the Oberlin Colony in 1833, was once part of land occupied by the Erielhona or Erie Tribe, known as the Cat Nation and who were later overcome and absorbed by the Iroquois Nation; and, WHEREAS, the idea of observing what has been called a day of discovery as a day of solidarity with indigenous people was first recommended in 1977 by the International NGO Conference on Discrimination against Indigenous Populations in the Americas, sponsored by the United Nations, which included participants and delegates from indigenous peoples and nations of the Americas; An apostrophe has been inserted after “people” in the heading and in Section 1 and an “s” has been added after “people” in the fifth Whereas clause.
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Office of the Law Director • 85 S. Main St. • Oberlin, OH 44074 • (P) 440.935.7570 • (F) 440.776.2210