October 13 is Indigenous Peoples Day, Not Columbus Day, in Minneapolis

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This year, for the first time since 1936, the second Monday in October won't be Columbus Day in Minneapolis.

Thanks to a resolution passed last April, the holiday has been renamed Indigenous Peoples Day. There's a bit of work still to be done, however -- at its most recent meeting, the Minneapolis City Council directed staff to work with leaders in the local American Indian community to "review the City of Minneapolis' programs, practices, and policies as they relate to the intended impact of the Indigenous Peoples Day Resolution."

First-term City Council member Alondra Cano led the council's drive to swap Indigenous Peoples Day for Columbus Day.

With regard to last Friday's vote, Cano tells us the idea is "to have the city staff dig deeper with American Indian leaders to find out, what are some of the other policy implications of this change? Do folks want to see this implemented in other ways in addition to just having the name changed?"

"So this is just a continuation of that work, and it's really important to have the American Indian community leading those efforts," she continues, citing easy-to-overlook things such as how the holiday is described on parking meters.

The change has already been implemented in some ways. City-issued calendars, which Cano says council members use as "a bible," already read "Indigenous Peoples Day" for October 13. The change has also been made on city press releases and media advisories.


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