In December 1994, the United Nations proclaimed 1995–2004 the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples. In Latin America—where indigenous peoples comprise some 10 percent of the ...

(Cory Sharber/WHYY) Many calendars will also note Oct. 14, 2024 as Columbus Day in commemoration of Christopher Columbus’ first voyage to the Americas. The federally recognized holiday has gradually ...

and his treatment of the Indigenous people he found already living in the Americas when he arrived. Historians have found evidence that Columbus and his teams enslaved native inhabitants of the ...

Indigenous Peoples’ Day is a day to commemorate Native American History and culture and has been federally recognized through proclamation for the past three years. Columbus Day, traditionally ...

Though the city of Seattle declared Indigenous Peoples Day in 2014, it wasn’t until 2020 that Seattle activists truly leaned into the demonization of America and, by extension, white people.

and growing numbers of schools will observe Indigenous Peoples’ Day. If you and the young people in your life are looking for ways to honor and celebrate Native America at home, the teacher ...

Indigenous Peoples’ Day, a holiday aiming to recognize ... who is credited for discovering the Americas under the flagship of Spain. Athens-Clarke County no longer officially observes Columbus ...

Monday is becoming increasingly known as Indigenous Peoples' Day ... the atrocities Columbus committed against people living in the Americas long before his arrival. While not everywhere in ...

We also confront America’s painful legacy of violence, displacement, and assimilation. Together, we must continue our work to right centuries of wrongs.” To some Indigenous peoples’ groups ...