This year, Labor Day will be earlier, right on Monday, Sept. 1. The federal holiday is celebrated every year on the first ...

President Donald Trump made clear Sunday that he would not follow his predecessor's practice of recognizing Indigenous Peoples Day alongside Columbus Day in October, accusing Democrats of ...

While the second Monday in October is traditionally when Columbus Day is observed, many communities have opted to celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ Day instead. 1 weather alerts 1 closings/delays.

While Columbus Day and Indigenous Peoples’ Day may fall on the same date in October, they represent very different perspectives. Columbus Day commemorates Christopher Columbus’s arrival in the ...

Tatanka Gibson of the Haliwa-Saponi/Nansemond Tribal Nations leads attendees in song and dance during a gathering marking Indigenous Peoples Day at Penn Treaty Park, Oct. 11, 2021, in Philadelphia.

President Donald Trump has announced he won't recognize Indigenous Peoples Day and will bring Columbus Day "back from the ashes" — another sign some Native leaders say that advocacy for ...

Democrat Joe Biden was the first president to mark Indigenous Peoples Day, issuing a proclamation in 2021 that celebrated “the invaluable contributions and resilience of Indigenous peoples ...

The Seattle City Council is considering a resolution that would end Columbus Day in favor of Indigenous Peoples' Day. (Ap Photo/HO) (Ap Photo/HO) Share . BY JAMIE SKORHEIM. MyNorthwest.com.

In this Aug. 27, 2017 photo, the Christopher Columbus statue stands at Manhattan's Columbus Circle in New York. A movement to abolish Columbus Day and replace it with Indigenous Peoples Day has ...

A foreign language app with more than 300 million users is marking Columbus Day, which is alternatively recognized as Indigenous Peoples Day, by launching classes in two native languages.

State law currently designates Aug. 9 as Indigenous Peoples’ Day, but it is widely celebrated on the same day as Columbus Day. Assem. Shea Backus, who represents District 37 in the northwest Las ...

This week, President Donald Trump announced he won’t recognize Indigenous Peoples Day and will bring Columbus Day “back from the ashes” — another sign some Native leaders say that advocacy ...