- American President, Joe Biden, has proclaimed October 11 as “Indigenous Peoples’ Day”. He has become the first U.S. president to formally recognize this day.
- The day was proclaimed after recognising the Indigenous peoples’ resilience and strength along with the immeasurable positive impact that these people have made on every aspect of American society.
- For past several years, states like Alaska and New Mexico have adopted the holiday and choose to give-up the Columbus Day celebrations. They also paid attention to the calls from Indigenous groups and other residents for not celebrating Christopher Columbus, who was an Italian navigator. On his name, holiday is named so.
- However, many people across the country still celebrate Columbus Day or Italian Heritage Day as a pride in Italian culture.
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