What States Recognize Indigenous Peoples' Day?

The following locations celebrate Indigenous Peoples' Day instead of Columbus Day, with the exceptions of Lewiston, New York, Tompkins County, New York, West Hartford, Connecticut, and Lawton, Oklahoma, which celebrate both.

Which US state has replaced Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples Day?

Virginia is the latest state to officially observe "Indigenous Peoples' Day" instead, a holiday to recognize the native populations that were displaced and decimated after Christopher Columbus and other European explorers reached the continent.

Is Indigenous Peoples Day a national holiday in the US?

Indigenous Peoples Day is a local and state holiday in some parts of the country — usually held on Columbus Day — that celebrates the cultures of Native Americans. It was created in 1992, the 500th anniversary of explorer Christopher Columbus' coming to the Americas.