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A Native American man of the Choctaw Nation has been charged with a second degree misdemeanor after protesting Tampa's controversial Christopher Columbus statue. The man, whose name is being withheld for now out of concern for privacy, is facing a charge of criminal mischief with less than $200 in damage after attending a protest on Oct. 15. At that protest, fake blood made of water and food coloring was thrown on the Columbus statue by protestors.