This International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples 2024 is focusing on ‘Protecting the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in Voluntary Isolation and Initial Contact’. Indigenous Peoples in ...

At a 1977 United Nations conference in Geneva ... on how the US has treated Native Americans For some, Indigenous Peoples’ Day is an occasion to consider the history of the US and how it ...

October 13, 2025, is when Americans will celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day. That day is also Columbus Day. Columbus was ...

The celebrating of an Indigenous Peoples Day took root in 1977 at an international conference on discrimination sponsored by the United Nations. It's grown as a day to honor Native American ...

The observance of Indigenous People’s Day originated at a United Nations-sponsored international conference on discrimination in 1977. Over 200 cities have recognized the commemorative day ...

Indigenous peoples proposed changing Columbus Day to Indigenous Peoples Day during a 1977 United Nations conference that addressed the discrimination their community has faced for years.

Monday is becoming increasingly known as Indigenous Peoples' Day, a commemoration of Native ... Indigenous peoples and Tribal Nations continue to practice their cultures, remember their heritages ...

Colonialism and market forces are destroying the planet and affecting Indigenous peoples’ health, a draft report from the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues declared last week.

Many cities and states are observing the day. Here’s some ... really recognizes that Indigenous people are still here,” said Alannah Hurley, executive director of United Tribes of Bristol ...

when the concept of the Indigenous Peoples Day observance was first introduced in the United Nations. South Dakota was the first state to officially recognize the day in 1989. According to ...