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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.
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Indigenous Peoples Day has been federally recognized for three years in a row, with the Biden administration proclaiming the second Monday in October a “day in honor of our diverse history and ...
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 ...
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]
The City of Olympia, Washington, officially declared the second Monday of October as Indigenous Peoples’ Day to honor the area’s Native American heritage. [23] September. The Town and Village of Lewiston, New York, declared the second Monday of October, Indigenous Peoples' Day, on September 28 and October 5, 2015, respectively. [24]
As we observe Native American Heritage Month, there are as many historical contributions to celebrate by our people as there are things happening in the current cultural landscape.