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Indigenous Peoples' Day: why it's replacing Columbus Day in many places

  • Written by Susan C. Faircloth, Professor & Director of the School of Education, Colorado State University
imageIndigenous Peoples Day is celebrated in many states across the U.S.grandriver/E+ via Getty Images

Columbus Day celebrations in the United States – meant to honor the legacy of the man credited with “discovering” the New World – are almost as old as the nation itself. The earliest known Columbus Day celebration took place on...

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