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Clarksburg is a city in and the county seat of Harrison County, West Virginia, United States, in the north-central region of the state. The population of the city was 16,039 at the 2020 census, making it the tenth-most populous city in West Virginia. [3]
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 ...
Harrison County is a county in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 65,921. [1] Its county seat is Clarksburg. [2] Harrison County is part of the Clarksburg, WV Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Monday is Columbus Day and Indigenous Peoples' Day. The explorer had a violent history among Native Americans, and many say we should honor them.
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.
Indigenous Peoples' Day is Monday, Oct. 14, and has been federally recognized since 2021 to celebrate indigenous communities and cultures.
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Indigenous Peoples Day is meant to recognize the painful history Indigenous people have faced and to celebrate their communities, said Tilsen, who is Oglala Lakota. But it is also “a day of ...