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Indigenous Peoples' Day 2023 is on October 9 and in preparation for it, we've got info on how you can observe it, and a breakdown of its very interesting history.
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 People’s Day was created in reaction to atrocities carried out by Columbus and European settlers against Native American people in the Americas. ... October 9, 2023 at 6:07 AM.
Monday is Columbus Day and Indigenous Peoples' Day. The explorer had a violent history among Native Americans, and many say we should honor them. ... In 2023, President Joe Biden proclaimed the ...
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National Indigenous Peoples Day; National Navajo Code Talkers Day; Native American Day; ... This page was last edited on 30 August 2023, at 22:19 (UTC).
October 9, 2023 at 8:28 AM. 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.
A proposal to rename the day National Indigenous Peoples Day was made in 2017. The bill to make that change (C-369) was still being debated by parliament when the legislature was dissolved. [3] The federal Crown has begun referring to the day as National Indigenous Peoples Day, regardless. [4]