Today, we honor Indigenous Peoples’ Day, in an effort to tell the truth about our country’s history.
In 2021, Indigenous Peoples' Day was recognized for the first time as a national US holiday in a presidential proclamation.
In 2021, Indigenous Peoples' Day was recognized for the first time as a national US holiday in a presidential proclamation.
Since the 1990s, universities, localities, and states have formally replaced Columbus Day with Indigenous People’s or Native Americans’ Day.
Advocates began the push to recognize Indigenous Peoples’ Day much earlier — led by Native American and Indigenous people demanding our voices be heard — and the movement has grown larger every year.
It’s also a day to celebrate Native cultures and recognize the fights for justice and autonomy that Native Americans still face.
In many cases, the passing of bills to recognize Indigenous Peoples’ Day have been accompanied by measures to preserve our culture and language, as well as attempts to reconcile wrongs done to our communities.
We continue the fight to defend the rights of Native American and Indigenous people to:
◼️ Vote
◼️ Speak and protest freely
◼️ Live free from discrimination and criminalization
◼️ Live free from government abuse of power
◼️ Keep Native families together
◼️ Vote
◼️ Speak and protest freely
◼️ Live free from discrimination and criminalization
◼️ Live free from government abuse of power
◼️ Keep Native families together
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