Sign the petition: Demand that Congress end the federal Columbus Day holiday
United States Congress
More communities across the country are choosing to
celebrate
Indigenous Peoples Day in lieu of Columbus Day. Indigenous Peoples Day honors the history and culture of Native American people, as well as recognizes the power and importance of their voices in shaping culture and policy today.
Our government's continued recognition of Christopher Columbus Day as a federal holiday bestows honor on a legacy of enslavement and genocide. This holiday celebrates Columbus' savage conquests which set the stage for not only the erasure of Native peoples and theft of their lands, but also the Trans-Atlantic slave trade.
Sign the petition: Demand that Congress stop recognizing Columbus Day as a federal holiday.
There is growing support for the movement to honor native peoples and to celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day, but it is far from universal. Several cities have defeated Indigenous Peoples Day proposals, and our federal government continues to honor Christopher Columbus as a national hero.
Sign the petition: Demand that Congress stop recognizing Columbus Day as a federal holiday.
Our government's continued recognition of Christopher Columbus Day as a federal holiday bestows honor on a legacy of enslavement and genocide. This holiday celebrates Columbus' savage conquests which set the stage for not only the erasure of Native peoples and theft of their lands, but also the Trans-Atlantic slave trade.
Sign the petition: Demand that Congress stop recognizing Columbus Day as a federal holiday.
There is growing support for the movement to honor native peoples and to celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day, but it is far from universal. Several cities have defeated Indigenous Peoples Day proposals, and our federal government continues to honor Christopher Columbus as a national hero.
Sign the petition: Demand that Congress stop recognizing Columbus Day as a federal holiday.
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United States Congress
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It is past time to stop celebrating the genocide and erasure of Native American peoples and the brutal theft of their lands. Christopher Columbus is not a hero. He terrorized and enslaved people and set off a course of oppression which still reverberates to this day. Stop celebrating Columbus Day as a federal holiday.