Indigenous Peoples' Day is an official city and state holiday in various localities in the United States that celebrates and honors Indigenous American peoples and commemorates their histories and cul
Celebration in Berkeley, California, 2012
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Columbus Day is a national holiday in many countries of the Americas and elsewhere, and a federal holiday in the United States, which officially celebrates the anniversary of Christopher Columbus's ar
Indigenous Peoples' Day (United States)
…and cultures. It is celebrated on the second Monday in October. It began as a counter-celebration held on the same day as the U.S. federal holiday of Columbus Day, which honors Italian explorer Christopher Columbus. It is celebrated as an alternative to Columbus Day, citing the lasting harm Indigenous tribes…
First Landing of Columbus on the Shores of the New World; painting by Dióscoro Puebla (1862)
Christopher Columbus (Italian: Cristoforo Colombo), posthumous portrait by Ridolfo Ghirlandaio, c. 1520
Columbus Day Parade in New York City, 2009
The former Christopher Columbus Monument along Paseo de la Reforma in Mexico