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Repatriation to Indigenous groups is more than law, it’s human rights, an archaeologist describes
(The Conversation) — As an archaeologist, you picture yourself traveling to some remote location, digging into the ground, ...
City Council approves agreement for Native American artwork at Hans and Pat Suter Wildlife Refuge
Under the agreement, the South Texas Alliance of Indigenous People will be responsible for constructing and installing ...
CounterPunch22h
Genocide Files: From Pequots to Palestinians, From “Manifest Destiny” to Gaza Riviera
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. wrote a famous book under the title Why We Can’t Wait.  Besides addressing the crime of slavery ...
Las Vegas Sun1d
Tribes support bill to change Indigenous Peoples Day date in Nevada
A proposed Nevada Assembly bill would move the state’s Indigenous Peoples Day to the second Monday in October, despite some ...
‘Erase Columbus Day’? Nevada may move Indigenous Peoples Day
A bill that would move the celebration of Indigenous Peoples Day to the same date as Columbus Day was presented at the Nevada Legislature on Tuesday, adding to a slate of bills related to the state’s ...
Opinion
VICTOR JOECKS: The problem with Indigenous Peoples Day
Christopher Columbus’ discovery of the New World should be celebrated, not replaced. On Tuesday, Assemblywoman Shea Backus, D-Las Vegas, presented on Assembly Bill 144. It would establish the second ...
Janesville Gazette2d
Nevada bill proposes to celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day in October
A bill aimed to move the celebration of Indigenous Peoples Day to the same date as Columbus Day was presented at the Legislature on Tuesday, adding to ...
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Nevada lawmaker moves to put Indigenous Peoples Day on Colombus Day
Nevada law says Indigenous Peoples Day falls on Aug. 9, but a lawmaker is trying to change that with AB144, which would set the observation on the second Monday in October — the same day as ...
Fredericksburg.com2d
Fredericksburg lecture looks at efforts to restore Richmond's Columbus statue
A member of the cultural group suggested the Sons of Italy in upstate New York, and the private group agreed to accept the statue. It was re-installed in July 2024 and rededicated two months later ...
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Montana Legislature Moves to Establish Indigenous Peoples’ Day as Legal Holiday
Montana state Sen. Shane Morigeau, an enrolled member of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, has introduced a bill to designate Indigenous Peoples’ Day as a legal holiday in the ...
Missoulian7d
'Respect our existence': Lawmakers hear bill to establish Indigenous Peoples Day in MT
Where past discussions on similar legislation focused on Native American history and culture and the atrocities Christopher ...
Millions of Native people were enslaved in the Americas. Their story waits to be told.
The enslavement of millions of Indigenous people in the Americas is a neglected chapter in U.S. history. Two projects aim to ...