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Indigenous Peoples Day comes amid a reckoning over colonialism and calls for return of Native land

  • Written by Abel R. Gomez, PhD Candidate, Religion Department, Syracuse University
Indigenous Peoples Day comes amid a reckoning over colonialism and calls for return of Native landNative American protesters at the Black Hills, now the site of Mount Rushmore.Micah Garen/Getty Images

In many parts of what is now the United States, communities have in recent years replaced Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples Day.

Celebrating Indigenous cultures every Oct. 12 is important. But in this moment when the U.S. is reckoning with legaci...

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