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What is Indigenous Peoples' Day? A day to celebrate, protest, and find history again

What is Indigenous Peoples' Day? A day to celebrate, protest, and find history again

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October 12th, 2026

What is Indigenous Peoples' Day? A day to celebrate, protest, and find history again

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Indigenous Peoples' Day celebrates the history and culture of indigenous peoples.

原住民族日慶祝原住民族的歷史和文化。

This day also shows people the problems they still face.

這一天也讓人們看見他們仍然面對的困難。

For many years, people remembered this day in different ways. They also used different names.

幾十年來,這一天用不同方式和名字被人們記住。

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

前總統喬·拜登在2021年正式紀念原住民族日。

More and more states and cities also recognize this day.

越來越多的州和城市也承認這一天。

It is usually celebrated on the second Monday of October.

它通常在十月的第二個星期一慶祝。

This day is the same day as Columbus Day.

這一天和哥倫布日是同一天。

Biden once said this day honors America's first people.

拜登曾說,這一天要向美國最早的居民致敬。

It also honors tribes that are still active today.

也要向今天仍然活躍的部落民族致敬。

He also wrote this in a proclamation. Federal policy once tried to assimilate Native peoples and push them out.

他也在公告中寫道,聯邦政策以前曾試圖同化和趕走原住民族。

He said that today we honor the strength of Native peoples.

他說,今天要肯定原住民族的堅強和力量。

In recent years, there are many events on this day.

近年來,這一天有許多活動。

People protest against Columbus monuments.

人們抗議哥倫布紀念碑。

People fight for environmental justice.

人們爭取環境正義。

People ask for the return of land.

人們要求歸還土地。

People also tell more people about missing and murdered Indigenous women.

人們也讓更多人知道失蹤和被殺害的原住民族女性。

President Donald Trump said he will not recognize both days together in October. He means Indigenous Peoples' Day and Columbus Day.

總統唐納·川普表示,他不會在十月把原住民族日和哥倫布日一起承認。

Indigenous Peoples' Day is not a federal holiday.

原住民族日不是聯邦假日。

But some states and Washington, D.C. have a holiday to honor Native people.

但一些州和華盛頓特區有表彰原住民族的假日。

It is often on the same day as Columbus Day. Or it replaces this federal holiday.

它通常和哥倫布日一起,或完全取代這個聯邦假日。

Many cities and schools also celebrate this day.

許多城市和學校也慶祝這一天。

October 12th, 2026

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