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Indigenous Peoples' Day is Monday, Oct. 14, and has been federally recognized since 2021 to celebrate indigenous communities and cultures.
This shift from Columbus Day to Indigenous Peoples Day can also be seen more recently. For example, the City of Newton, Massachusetts voted to change the name of the holiday in 2020. [19] Since then, Indigenous residents of Newton have banded together to host an annual Indigenous Peoples Day Ceremonial Celebration to commemorate the day. [20 ...
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.
Today is California Native American Day, a moment to recall California’s dark and painful history of genocide against Indian peoples. But it is also a moment of hope, as the state is taking ...
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]
On October 9, the Cities of Salt Lake City, Utah, Burbank, California, and San Luis Obispo, California officially celebrated and adopted Indigenous Peoples' Day. [ 101 ] [ 102 ] [ 103 ] The city of Aspen, Colorado followed Denver and Boulder in conferring recognition of Indigenous Peoples' Day.
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.
The city of Berkeley, California, embraced Indigenous Peoples’ Day in 1992 as a protest to the 500th anniversary of Columbus’ arrival. Now, numerous states and more than 130 cities observe the ...