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Letters: How about the face of a real ‘chief’?

Regarding the controversy over the “Chief” sign at Toh-Atin Gallery, why not have one of the Native American artists represented by the gallery repaint its face with a portrait of a real Nat...

DATE: Jul 3, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Our view: Racist stereotypes need to go bye-bye

May a neighbor and My memories of The Chief diner and its iconic sign are less than happy. In the mid-1950s, my entire family came down with food poisoning after eating at there. The diner...

DATE: Jul 3, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: Vandalism is not the American way

I am prompted to write in response to my friend, Jackson Clark, and the “Chief” sign by Toh-Atin Gallery; and by President Trump’s executive order to implement the federal law I wrote, The V...

DATE: Jul 3, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: Trump has his knee on Republicans’ necks

My father, a 100%-disabled veteran among 23 generations of veterans in the Quintana family, used to constantly say to me, “Be patient son, right will prevail.” I say to the patrio...

DATE: Jul 3, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: Opposing ‘Chief’ sign is PC run amok

Strange that now that Black Lives Matter is active in Durango, the Herald thinks that the “Chief” has to go (“ First, it’s on private property, Meets all the silly hysterical society and ci...

DATE: Jul 2, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: Mask advocates becoming unpleasant

Has anyone else noticed how uncivil, unfriendly and sometimes downright nasty our lovely, friendly little town has become? Fear has ugly effects on people. Perhaps it is just brin...

DATE: Jul 2, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: I’ve watched police and I like what I see

Seeing again the police brutality happening around the county, I thought I’d pass on a couple positive observations of our own local force. First was when an irate non-customer de...

DATE: Jul 2, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: To people who bring packages, thanks

During this difficult time, I have used online delivery services much more than I ever have in my life. The biggest Christmas season at my house does not even compare to the numbe...

DATE: Jul 1, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: Wearing a mask is not a punishment

Masks are not a punishment but rather an educated expression of caring for your community and all the people in it. I have read that many people who choose not to wear a mask feel...

DATE: Jul 1, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: Has Donald Trump hit a new, new low?

One recent letter questioned the intelligence of a face covering ordinance and another claimed Democrats have encouraged rioters – a predictable and familiar rant. Another claimed that Duran...

DATE: Jul 1, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: White supremacy in Durango with ‘Chief’

The Take Down The Chief petition continues to circulate. The “Chief” represents an insult to Indigenous people and reinforces racial stereotypes. This is a legacy to white settler colonialis...

DATE: Jun 30, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: No disrespect in ‘Chief’ sign; it’s respect

I am only a part-time resident of the beautiful Four Corners area of Colorado, but I love it just as if it was my full-time home. Over the last 40-plus years, we have developed de...

DATE: Jun 30, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor