How Indigenous Peoples’ Day is Supplanting Columbus Day
Whole Whale
OCTOBER 1, 2022
1989: South Dakota becomes the first state to replace Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples’ day. This gap will take a long time to close, as traditions have a way of sticking in the mind. Roosevelt made Columbus Day a national holiday. 1946: The United Nations Charter is signed, without any mention of indigenous peoples.
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