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Why was Indigenous Peoples’ Day created?

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Indigenous Peoples’ Day was created as an alternative holiday to Columbus Day for those who object to what they believe is an insensitive celebration of the event that marks the start of the harmful European conquest of Native Americans. The first notable proposal of Indigenous Peoples’ Day instead of Columbus Day occurred in 1977, at the United Nations International Conference on Discrimination Against Indigenous Populations in the Americas. Learn more.

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