The Fourth of July is the next three-day weekend of 2025, as it falls on a Friday this year. And Labor Day weekend in ...

The word “barbecue” has its origins in the Caribbean where the Taínos, Indigenous people who inhabited the Caribbean islands ...

A divided school board in western Colorado debated Columbus and Black Lives Matter as they considered a new fourth grade ...

PORT ANGELES — Peninsula Daily News will have an electronic edition only on Friday. The newspaper is making the change in anticipation of Independence Day, a federal holiday. The U.S. Postal Service ...

Indigenous Peoples Day celebrates the original people of North America. It’s often held up as a counter holiday to Columbus Day, seen by some as a celebration of the continent’s colonization.

Columbus Day and Indigenous Peoples' Day. What you should know. By AJ Willingham, Scottie Andrew and Dakin Andone, CNN Oct 11, 2021 Oct 11, 2021Updated Nov 17, 2021 0 ...

Forget Indigenous Peoples Day, Trump says. Columbus Day will now just be Columbus Day Then-President Biden is shown at a White House ceremony in October 2021 recognizing Indigenous Peoples Day.

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 ...

In the future, Peshlakai hopes to "make Columbus Day Indigenous Peoples Day and maybe make June 2 Native American Civil Rights Day." If her idea becomes law, she said, "it's an opportunity to move ...

Americans will observe Columbus Day and Indigenous Peoples' Day on Monday. It is an uneasy pairing. One holiday, observed since 1937, celebrates an Italian who, in making landfall in the Bahamas ...

For decades, Indigenous Peoples Day has had a storied history as a counter-celebration to Columbus Day as activists have condemned Columbus, pointing to his mistreatment of Indigenous people.

Harris has consistently celebrated Indigenous Peoples' Day over Columbus Day, with her official vice presidential X account acknowledging the holiday each year since 2021, while searching for ...