Groups continue push to make National Indigenous Peoples' Day a national holiday

The second Monday of October has been an official national holiday for over five decades. While Columbus Day has long honored Christopher Columbus, there has been a push to rename the day National Indigenous Peoples' Day. Columbus’ legacy has diminished recently as more about his past has come under scrutiny. The National Museum of the American Indian said that Indigenous Peoples had discovered and explored the Americas for centuries before Columbus’ 1492 arrival. In the 130 years after his arrival, Native America lost 95 percent of its population, the museum estimates.