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mysteryowl

(7,390 posts) Mon Oct 14, 2019, 01:07 PM Oct 2019

Indigenous Peoples' Day to replace Columbus Day

10.14.2019 - Indigenous Peoples' Day

Indigenous Peoples' Day is a holiday that celebrates and honors Native American peoples and commemorates their histories and cultures. It is celebrated across the United States on the second Monday in October, and is an official city and state holiday in various localities. It began as a counter-celebration held on the same day as the U.S. federal holiday of Columbus Day, which honors Italian explorer Christopher Columbus. Many now reject celebrating him, saying that he represents "the violent history of the colonization in the Western Hemisphere".

Indigenous Peoples' Day began in 1989 in South Dakota, where Lynn Hart and Governor Mickelson backed a resolution to celebrate Native American day on the second Monday of October, marking the beginning of the year of reconciliation in 1990.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indigenous_Peoples%27_Day

Multiple States and communities recognize today as Indigenous Peoples' Day

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Indigenous Peoples' Day to replace Columbus Day (Original Post) mysteryowl Oct 2019 OP

sounds good to me scarytomcat Oct 2019 #1

I believe Columbus Day started in the 1930's by Italian Catholics mysteryowl Oct 2019 #2

As an Italian-American I agree with this. maveric Oct 2019 #3

Tribal Map of America Shows Whose Land You're Actually Living On A history worth exploring on Indige StarryNite Oct 2019 #4

thanks! Hermit-The-Prog Oct 2019 #5

scarytomcat

(1,706 posts)

1. sounds good to me

Reply to mysteryowl (Original post)

Mon Oct 14, 2019, 01:44 PM

Oct 2019

Columbus, a lost white guy that though he was in India and then made slaves of the peaceful people he found
A TOTAL IDIOT we should not have a special day for him except to say how horrible he was