Illinois has a well-documented history as a removal state, meaning Native Americans were forcibly removed multiple times, ...

When Begay studied at the University of Kansas in the 1970s, he was exposed to the American Indian Movement, an organization ...

After a decade-long fight between Republican lawmakers and members of Montana’s American Indian Caucus, the state of Montana ...

Native Americans have been lobbying local and federal governments for decades to replace celebrations of Columbus with a ...

Divide the holidays To the editor, There has been much criticism of President Donald Trump’s order to return the name of the Oct. 12 holiday from Indigenous Peoples’ Day to the original Columbus Day ...

President Trump says he won’t recognize Indigenous Peoples’ Day, alongside Columbus Day this year. “We don’t have any trouble ...

President Donald Trump recently took to Truth Social, sharing his desire to bring Columbus Day “back from the ashes.” But the ...

A middle school student sent a letter to the Mansfield Board of Education in 2020 making a case for Indigenous People’s Day. “I think Columbus Day should not be marked as a day to commemorate ...

However, Columbus Day has been an official federal holiday for nearly a century, with many government workers getting the day off each year. Many people now celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day too.

(Manuel Balce Ceneta / AP) President Donald Trump said Sunday he would not follow his predecessor’s practice of recognizing Indigenous Peoples Day alongside Columbus Day in October, accusing ...

made it clear that he won't continue the practice of the previous president in recognising Indigenous Peoples Day alongside Columbus Day in October. He thinks Democrats are disrespecting ...

Months later, the remaining effigies began to be removed by lawmakers after several cities voted to boycott Columbus. In 2021 Biden said: “On Indigenous Peoples’ Day, we honor America’s ...