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October 13, 2025, is when Americans will celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day. That day is also Columbus Day. Columbus was Italian. While he never set foot on the continental United States, many Italian ...
States that do not recognize Juneteenth as a permanent state holiday include Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Hawaii, Indiana, ...
As many as 130 cities across the country have ditched Columbus Day for Indigenous Peoples Day -- and the list grows yearly. Alabama: Celebrates both Columbus Day and American Indian Heritage Day.
The most common designation includes both names: Columbus/Indigenous Peoples’ Day. The traditional Columbus Day name is the second most frequent entry, and the third commonest does away with the ...
In 2021, Biden issued the first-ever presidential proclamation of Indigenous Peoples Day. It is typically observed on the second Monday in October, the same day as Columbus Day, a federal holiday ...
Ralph Northam proclaimed the second Monday of October as Indigenous Peoples Day. Since then, the state has observed the holiday along with Columbus Day, allowing localities to choose both ...
Memorial Day weekend was the first of three long weekends this summer. Here's how many 3-day weekends are left in 2025 and ...
Tamarah Begay, the first Navajo woman architect, is spearheading an Indigenous-based design project for a new community space ...
Nevada Governor Joe Lombardo vetoed a bill that would formally recognize Indigenous Peoples’ Day on the second Monday in ...
(These) things are the very least we can do to begin to repair what has been broken,” the bishops said in a statement ...
Shane Morigeau, a member of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, does not eliminate Columbus Day, but instates Indigenous Peoples Day alongside the preexisting holiday. It passed most key ...