Christopher Columbus and Indigenous People

Nevada bill proposes to celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day

Tribes support bill to change Indigenous Peoples Day date in Nevada

A proposed Nevada Assembly bill would move the state’s Indigenous Peoples Day to the second Monday in October, despite some complaints that it would overlap with Columbus Day

Las Vegas Review-Journal on MSN · 3h

‘Erase Columbus Day’? Nevada may move Indigenous Peoples Day

A bill that would move the celebration of Indigenous Peoples Day to the same date as Columbus Day was presented at the Nevada Legislature on Tuesday, adding to a slate of bills related to the state’s Native American communities.

Missoulian · 5d

'Respect our existence': Lawmakers hear bill to establish Indigenous Peoples Day in MT

Where past discussions on similar legislation focused on Native American history and culture and the atrocities Christopher Columbus committed, this year, supporters of the bill largely spoke of unity.

Public News Service on MSN · 6h

NV lawmaker proposes new date for Indigenous Peoples Day

Nevada's only sitting Indigenous legislator has introduced a bill to recognize Indigenous Peoples' Day on what she calls the "correct day," the second Monday in October. Gov. Joe Lombardo issued a proclamation designating Aug.

Janesville Gazette · 10h

Nevada bill proposes to celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day in October

A bill aimed to move the celebration of Indigenous Peoples Day to the same date as Columbus Day was presented at the Legislature on Tuesday, adding to

National Review9y

Christopher Columbus and the New World

Christopher Columbus, a dead white male of the worst ... the shores of the “New World” and laid waste the ancient indigenous peoples there. Columbus deserves little credit (Leif Erikson ...

National Geographic news8mon

Christopher Columbus

Christopher Columbus was a 15th and 16th century explorer ... the colonization of the New World led to the exploitation of its indigenous peoples, often violently and eventually with disastrous ...

Business Insider4y

The history behind Columbus Day shows the holiday has been controversial since it was established

A number of cities across America have already swapped it for Indigenous Peoples' Day. Detractors argue Genoese explorer Christopher Columbus brought along slavery, disease, and death when he ...

Courthouse News Service7y

San Francisco Replaces Columbus Day With Indigenous Peoples’ Day

"The indisputably horrific things that Christopher Columbus did to the established inhabitants ... Cohen said the decision to celebrate Indigenous peoples on that day is not about uplifting ...

Kiplinger4mon

Are Banks Closed on Columbus Day/Indigenous Peoples' Day in 2024?

or Indigenous Peoples' Day, in 2024? That's a question plenty of folks are asking just ahead of the holiday that marks the voyage and landing of Italian explorer Christopher Columbus in the ...

The American Conservative5y

Columbus Day Still Needs to Be Defended

Even without the baggage that discolors Christopher Columbus’ legacy ... who want to institute Indigenous People’s Day is their hatred for European exploration, the original sin of the ...

Buffalo Rising8y

City of Buffalo Resolution To Change Columbus Day to Indigenous Heritage Day

Indigenous People’s Day already exists on August 8th in Buffalo, New York. This petition is for the abolition of Christopher Columbus Day, the 2nd Monday in October, an outdated and ...

PBS5y

Indigenous Peoples Day

On this Indigenous Peoples' Day, we're taking a closer ... yet to efforts to refocus the federal holiday celebrating Christopher Columbus toward an appreciation of Native peoples.

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