15 Calls to Action on Indigenous Peoples Day!

There are still more than 1,000 high college, college and professional teams that continue to have Native American mascots. Start conversations to address the misstatement of Indigenous Peoples in your area today. One of the simplest and most effective things you can do is elevate awareness about Aboriginal Peoples.

By honoring Aboriginal Peoples Day, we recognize colonization persists today and continues oppression and physical violence versus Aboriginal Peoples in addition to their sovereignty and self-reliance.

In the USA, 21 states and Washington, D.C. now celebrate Aboriginal Peoples Day, or a vacation of a similar name, on the 2nd Monday of October, as a main vacation or by means of proclamation. In 2021, Biden released the first-ever presidential announcement of Aboriginal Peoples Day, nonetheless he did not change Columbus Day

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Equally essential is finishing the celebration of Columbus Day, as an action in the direction of disrupting these overbearing systems and shifts concentrate to identifying, recognizing, and celebrating Aboriginal Peoples’ understanding, backgrounds, lands, practices, and cultures. It is a possibility to find out about the Peoples whose land we occupy and now call home and to do something about it in supporting the legal rights and sovereignty of all Indigenous Peoples.

There are still even more than 1,000 high school, university and professional groups that continue to have Native American mascots. Though modifications have been made at the high school and collegiate levels, there is still even more to be done with specialist sports teams and other businesses. Start conversations to address the misstatement of Native Peoples in your neighborhood today. Look into our Abolishing Racist Indigenous Mascots: A Toolkit for Adjustment.

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IRR Producers Shaldon Ferris (Khoisan) and Avexnim Cojti (Maya K’iche’) uncover the background of Native resistance to emigration and the “discovery” story that bolsters the celebration of Columbus and the erasure of Native Peoples.

Among the easiest and most efficient points you can do is increase understanding concerning Aboriginal Peoples. Ahead, message this message on Facebook, Instagram, or tweet it! #SinkColumbus #AbolishColumbusDay #IndigenousPeoplesDay #IndigenousPeoplesDay 2024.

We invite you to join a growing movement of people that take the second Monday of October to acknowledge continuous and historical wrongs, learn about the Native Peoples in your neighborhood, and celebrate lovely cultures and practices via dance, efficiencies, food, honor, songs, and film Native Peoples by doing something about it!