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In 1977, the International Conference on Discrimination Against Indigenous Populations in the Americas, sponsored by the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, began to discuss replacing Columbus Day in the Americas with a celebration to be known as Indigenous Peoples Day.
At a 1977 United Nations conference in Geneva, Indigenous delegates from around the world resolved “to observe October 12, the day of so-called ‘discovery’ of America, as an International ...
The city symbolically renamed Columbus Day as "Indigenous Peoples' Day" beginning in 1992 [4] to protest the historical conquest of North America by Europeans, and to call attention to the losses suffered by the Native American peoples and their cultures [5] through diseases, warfare, massacres, and forced assimilation.
Indigenous Peoples' Day has been touted as a replacement for Columbus Day for decades, ... In 1977, the United Nations International Conference on Discrimination Against Indigenous Populations in ...
The conference was therefore seen as the first UN conference on Indigenous Peoples. [3] [4] After a further thirty years of campaigning, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples on September 13, 2007. It was opposed only by the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
Indigenous Peoples’ Day is a holiday in the United States that was created in reaction to Columbus Day, a national holiday dedicated to celebrating the explorer who led expeditions to the ...
Indigenous Peoples' Day may refer to: International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples, a United Nations event recognised as a public holiday in various countries observed annually on 9 August; Indigenous Peoples' Day (United States), a day recognizing Indigenous Peoples in the United States, observed annually on the second Monday in October
Indigenous Peoples' Day celebrates Native American history and culture, and it dates back farther than you might think. Here's what you need to know.