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Indigenous Peoples' Day is a national holiday to celebrate Native American customs and heritage. The holiday was first recognized in 2021 by the Biden administration . This was the first ...
Monday is Columbus Day and Indigenous Peoples' Day. The explorer had a violent history among Native Americans, and many say we should honor them.
Columbus has become a controversial figure and, as a result, many states and cities have decided to rename the holiday for the Indigenous communities who already lived in the Americas when ...
Indigenous Peoples' Day [a] is a holiday in the United States that celebrates and honors Indigenous American peoples and commemorates their histories and cultures. [1] It is celebrated across the United States on the second Monday in October, and is an official city and state holiday in various localities.
Indigenous Peoples' Day has been touted as a replacement for Columbus Day for decades, but the movement never got much traction on a nationwide scale.Now, however, with increased awareness of ...
Indigenous Peoples’ Day — a holiday that came about as an alternative to Columbus Day — is a chance to reflect on how the US has treated Indigenous people and fight for a better future.
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The holiday was created in reaction to the atrocities carried out by Columbus and European settlers against Native American people in the Americas