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Indigenous Peoples' Day: A Day of Celebration, Protest, and Rewriting History

Indigenous Peoples' Day: A Day of Celebration, Protest, and Rewriting History

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October 12th, 2026

Indigenous Peoples' Day: A Day of Celebration, Protest, and Rewriting History

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Through ceremonies, dance, and speeches, Indigenous peoples celebrate a history of resilience that has endured for centuries.

原住民通过仪式、舞蹈和演讲,庆祝他们历经数百年而不衰的坚韧历史。

Former President Joe Biden officially commemorated Indigenous Peoples' Day in 2021.

前总统乔·拜登于2021年正式纪念原住民日。

A growing number of states and cities have also come to recognize the holiday — shifting away from a tradition long rooted in celebrating the explorer Christopher Columbus toward a focus on the people whose lives and cultures were permanently altered by colonialism.

越来越多的州和城市亦相继承认这一节日——从长期以来根植于庆祝探险家克里斯托弗·哥伦布的传统,转向关注那些其生活与文化因殖民主义而遭永久改变的人群。

The following discussion will explore why it is called Indigenous Peoples' Day and in what ways people celebrate it.

以下将探讨它为何被称作原住民日,以及人们以何种方式加以庆祝。

For decades, Indigenous Peoples' Day has been recognized under various names and in different forms, with the aim of celebrating Indigenous history and culture while also confronting the challenges that Indigenous communities continue to face to this day.

数十年来,原住民日以多种名称和不同形式获得承认,旨在颂扬其历史与文化,同时正视他们至今仍持续面临的种种挑战。

In a statement, Biden once said that the day was intended to "honor America's Indigenous peoples and the tribal nations that continue to thrive today."

拜登曾在一份声明中表示,这一天意在“向美国的原住民以及至今仍繁荣发展的部落民族致敬”。

It is usually celebrated on the second Monday of October, the same day as Columbus Day, a federal holiday established in response to discrimination against Italian Americans and to honor Columbus's 1492 discovery of what later became known as the Americas.

它通常在10月的第二个星期一庆祝,与哥伦布日同一天,这是一个联邦假日,设立的目的是回应针对意大利裔美国人的歧视,并表彰哥伦布在1492年发现后来被称为美洲的地方。

In recent years, the day has been marked by protests against Columbus monuments, the pursuit of environmental justice, demands for the return of Indigenous lands, and efforts to raise awareness of missing and murdered Indigenous women.

近年来,这一天以抗议哥伦布纪念碑、争取环境正义、要求归还原住民土地以及提高对失踪和被谋杀原住民妇女的认识为标志。

President Donald Trump has stated that he will not recognize Indigenous Peoples' Day alongside Columbus Day in October.

总统唐纳德·特朗普表示,他不会在10月将原住民日与哥伦布日一同承认。

Although it is not a federal legal holiday, several states and Washington, D.C., have holidays honoring Native Americans, some of which fall on the second Monday of October.

尽管它并非联邦法定假日,但若干州以及华盛顿特区均设有纪念原住民的假日,其中部分定于10月的第二个星期一。

Indigenous Peoples' Day often coexists with Columbus Day, or else entirely replaces this federal holiday.

原住民日往往与哥伦布日并行不悖,抑或彻底取代这一联邦假日。

Numerous cities and school systems have also included Indigenous Peoples' Day in their observances.

众多城市与学校系统亦将原住民日纳入 observance 之列。

"For generations, federal policies systematically sought to assimilate and displace Native people and eradicate Native cultures," Biden wrote in his Indigenous Peoples' Day proclamation.

“几代人以来,联邦政策一直蓄意试图同化并驱逐原住民,同时根除其文化,”拜登在原住民日公告中写道。

Today, we recognize the resilience and strength of Indigenous peoples, as well as the profound positive impact they have had on every aspect of American society.

今天,我们认识到原住民的韧性与力量,以及他们对美国社会各方面所产生的巨大积极影响。

In a separate proclamation marking Columbus Day, Biden praised the role of Italian Americans in American society, but he also acknowledged the violence and harm that Columbus and other explorers of that era brought to the Americas.

在哥伦布日的另一份公告中,拜登赞扬了意大利裔美国人在美国社会中的作用,但也提到了哥伦布和那个时代的其他探险家给美洲带来的暴力和伤害。

On October 12, 1492, the Italian Columbus landed in what is now the Bahamas, becoming the first in a wave of European explorers to pursue gold and other riches—including slaves—in the Americas.

1492年10月12日,意大利人哥伦布登陆现今的巴哈马群岛,成为欧洲探险家浪潮中率先在美洲追逐黄金及其他财富——包括奴隶——的人。

During that expedition, the indigenous population was decimated on a massive scale.

在那次探险过程中,原住民人口遭到大规模消灭。

"Today, we also acknowledge the wrongs and atrocities that many European explorers inflicted on tribal nations and indigenous communities, a history filled with suffering," Biden wrote.

“今天,我们同样承认许多欧洲探险家对部落民族和原住民社区所犯下的错误与暴行,这段历史充满苦难,”拜登写道。

"The measure of our nation's greatness lies not in seeking to bury these shameful events of the past, but in confronting them honestly, bringing them into the light, and doing everything we can to make amends."

“衡量我们国家是否伟大,在于我们不寻求埋葬过去这些可耻事件——而是坦诚面对它们,将其置于光明之下,并竭尽所能加以弥补。”

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