Columbus or Indigenous Peoples’ Day

In 1937, Congress and President Franklin D. Roosevelt declared October 12 a federal holiday.  I grew up knowing it as Columbus Day in honor of Christopher Columbus. In recent years, pushback from the Native American community has led to numerous communities renaming it as Indigenous Peoples’ Day, now noted on calendars as the second Monday in October. I have a vested interest in this issue for two reasons. I now live in the city named […]

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