Indigenous Peoples' Day
Columbus Day alternative
Indigenous Peoples' Day is a U.S. holiday celebrating Native American peoples and cultures, observed on the second Monday of October.
It serves as an alternative to Columbus Day, shifting focus from European exploration to the indigenous peoples who inhabited the Americas before colonization.
Many states and cities now officially recognize it: Our school is closed for Indigenous Peoples' Day.
- Native AmericanOriginal inhabitants of America
- tribal nationsSelf-governing native communities
- NativeOriginal regional inhabitant
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- ColumbusOhio's seat of government
October · federal holiday · tribal · ceremony · celebration · ancestors · land · sacred land · recognition · culture · cultural pride · honor · resistance · sovereignty · tradition · pow-wow · elders · oral tradition
Indigenous Peoples' DayColumbus Day
Holiday honoring 1492 arrival
manifest destiny · westward expansion · Founders Day · Thanksgiving
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