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Indigenous Peoples Day marked with celebrations, protests
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Indigenous Peoples Day marked with celebrations, protests

AP News Felicia FonsecaOctober 12, 2021

Indigenous people across the United States marked Monday with celebrations of their heritage, education campaigns and a push for the Biden administration to make good on its word.

The federal holiday created decades ago to recognize Christopher Columbus’ sighting in 1492 of what came to be known as the Americas increasingly has been rebranded as Indigenous Peoples Day.

400 Years in Virginia. 500 Years in Slavery.
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400 Years in Virginia. 500 Years in Slavery.

Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire CorrespondentSeptember 6, 2019

Indeed, “the slave trade began in the 15th century,” said Boniface Chidyausiku of Zimbabwe in 2007, when he was the acting president of the United Nations General Assembly. Chidyausiku made the remarks during the UN’s observance of the 200th anniversary of the end of the transatlantic slave trade. “It was driven by colonial expansion, emerging capitalist economies and the insatiable demand for commodities – with racism and discrimination serving to legitimize the trade,” said Chidyausiku.