Indigenous Peoples Day
In order to raise awareness of the needs of indigenous peoples every 9 august commemorates the international day of the world s indigenous peoples.
Indigenous peoples day. It is celebrated across the united states on the second monday in october and is an official city and state holiday in various localities. Especially now they need us. History of indigenous people s day as you may guess from the link above this holiday has risen to prominence as a replacement for columbus day. Federal holiday of columbus day which honors italian.
While the united nations declared august 9 as international day of the world s indigenous peoples in late 1994 berkeley calif had already become the first city in the u s. Indigenous peoples day is a holiday that celebrates and honors native american peoples and commemorates their histories and cultures. The date of columbus arrival in the new world on october 12th 1492 was adopted by many countries across the americas and the caribbean as a public holiday. Here s a list of states cities and other local governments that have chosen to change columbus day to indigenous peoples day as well as some places that don t observe the holiday at all.
And in 2015 an estimated 6 000 native people and their supporters gathered at randall s island n y to recognize the survival of the indigenous peoples of the western hemisphere. But when a group of berkeley calif residents asked the city to change columbus day to indigenous peoples day in 1992 then mayor loni hancock said it was the first time she d really understood. And it urges americans to.