Indigenous Peoples Day Columbus Day 2024. More than 100 cities celebrate indigenous peoples' day, with many of them having altogether dropped the holiday honoring columbus to replace it with indigenous. Indigenous peoples' day advocates say the recognition helps correct a whitewashed american history that has glorified europeans like italian explorer.

Here’s what indigenous peoples’ day means to native americans. It noted that the federal policies sought to “assimilate and displace” native people and.