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In 2001, members of the 14th Legislative Assembly passed the National Aboriginal Day Act making the Northwest Territories the first jurisdiction in Canada to recognise this day as a formal statutory holiday. [11] In 2009, the House of Commons declared June to be National Aboriginal History Month (now National Indigenous History Month). [12]
Indigenous Peoples' Day [a] is a holiday in the United States that celebrates and honors Indigenous American peoples and commemorates their histories and cultures. [1] It is celebrated across the United States on the second Monday in October, and is an official city and state holiday in various localities.
Columbus Day has been a national holiday since 1937, but in recent years some have advocated to refocus the day on Indigenous People rather than on explorers who brought violence and slavery with ...
It features two ears of green leaves facing each other and a globe resembling Earth. Within the globe is a picture of a handshake (two different hands) in the middle, and above the handshake is a landscape background. The handshake and the landscape background are encapsulated by blue at the top and bottom of the globe. [4]
Indigenous people have often been erased from the country’s historical record — a survey from the National Congress of American Indians found that 87% of state history standards don’t ...
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exclusively teaching the history of Native erasure is Native erasure.
On August 3, 1990, President of the United States George H. W. Bush declared the month of November as National American Indian Heritage Month.The bill read in part that "The President has authorized and requested to call upon Federal, State and local Governments, groups and organizations and the people of the United States to observe such month with appropriate programs, ceremonies and ...