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Indigenous Peoples' Day is Monday, Oct. 14, and has been federally recognized since 2021 to celebrate indigenous communities and cultures.
Approximately 29 states and Washington, D.C., do not celebrate Columbus Day, and over 200 cities have replaced it with Indigenous Peoples' Day. Contributing: USA Today Network
Columbus Day celebrates the day Christopher Columbus landed in what would become North America in 1492. In 1937, President Franklin D. Roosevelt marked Oct. 12 as a national holiday. It was moved ...
The city symbolically renamed Columbus Day as "Indigenous Peoples Day" beginning in 1992 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 through diseases, warfare, massacres, and forced assimilation.
Banks like Wells Fargo and Bank of America will also be closed for Indigenous Peoples' Day and Columbus Day. Chase's branches will be opened, but it will treat online transactions the same way it ...
Columbus Day, also called Indigenous Peoples Day, may be a federal holiday, but it's also one of the nation's most inconsistently celebrated days, according to Pew Research. Even though the event ...
Some states officially celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ Day and others commemorate it through proclamations. More than 100 cities have replaced Columbus Day altogether with the holiday.
In 2024, Indigenous Peoples Day and Columbus Day fall on Monday, Oct. 14. The holidays occur annually on the second Monday of October. Post offices will close, as well as many public schools.