10/07/2026
Did you know?
Indigenous Peoples' Day started at a United Nations conference in Geneva, Switzerland, in 1977. Indigenous delegates from across the Americas proposed making October 12, the date Columbus landed, a day of solidarity with Indigenous peoples instead of a celebration of "discovery."
It took another 13 years for a U.S. state to act on it. South Dakota renamed the day Native American Day in 1990. Two years later, Berkeley, California became the first city to call it Indigenous Peoples' Day.
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