More Cities Replace Columbus Day with ‘Indigenous Peoples Day’

More and more cities across the United States are celebrating Indigenous Peoples Day in place of Columbus Day, a counter-holiday honoring the history and contributions of Native Americans … Columbus Day – named for Italian explorer Christopher Columbus – officially became a federal holiday in 1937, “in order to place Catholic Italians, like Christopher Columbus, into American history.” But activists argue that memorializing Columbus, who was credited for opening up the Americas for European colonization, ignores the erasure of Native American history … Dozens of U.S. cities have either scrapped Columbus Day and adopted Indigenous Peoples Day or Native American Day … At least seven states don’t recognize Columbus Day at all: Alaska, Florida, Hawaii, Oregon, Minnesota, South Dakota and Vermont.

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