Detroit plans to recognize Indigenous Peoples Day starting next year instead of Columbus Day.
The Detroit News reports City Council approved a proposal Tuesday on the issue about how to mark the second Monday of October. Some other U.S. cities have made changes. Columbus Day, the federal holiday commemorating the 1492 voyage of Christopher Columbus, has been protested by those who argue his arrival to the Americas ushered in centuries of mistreatment of Native Americans.
Councilwoman Raquel Castaneda-Lopez proposed the resolution, saying it will help illuminate history that’s overlooked by “mainstream society.”
For the full article, see “Detroit plans to recognize Indigenous Peoples Day next year“, WILX Channel 10, October 11, 2017.