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Growing Number of Cities Recognize Today as Indigenous Peoples’ Day

HeadlineOct 12, 2015

Today is Columbus Day, the federal holiday to commemorate the arrival of Christopher Columbus to the so-called New World in 1492, but a growing number of cities are recognizing today as Indigenous Peoples’ Day instead. We’ll have more on that later in the broadcast.

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