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 Stacie Gilmore by name, alleging that she had directly interfered with their work.

“(Her) actions have undermined the independence and integrity of the commission,” they wrote, according to a copy of the letter obtained by The Denver Post. “Rather than supporting our work, her involvement … has deepened division, created confusion and eroded our

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