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How Indigenous Peoples’ Day is Supplanting Columbus Day

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However, the second Monday in October is still celebrated by 14 states and about 130 local governments as Columbus Day. He “found” the Bahamas. Besides looking at state and local government holiday laws, there is another way of looking at the adoption of either Columbus or Indigenous Peoples’ Day. 1937: President Franklin D.