What is Indigenous Peoples' Day?

What is Indigenous Peoples' Day?
Are there closures for the day?
The United States Postal Service and post offices will be closed in observation of Columbus Day, as will most banks.
Most government offices and libraries will be closed.
Stores like Walmart and Target and most grocery stores are open.
In some cities, like New York, trash and recycling collection are suspended.
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How do Indigenous groups feel about the day?
Activists in cities across the country like Denver and Seattle protested Columbus Day for years and in many cases fought to gain recognition for Indigenous Peoples’ Day.
Unofficial celebrations of Indigenous cultures on that day have also taken place, including on New York’s Randalls Island.
The Navajo Nation, the nation’s largest tribe with nearly 400,000 people, has long voiced its support for the renaming of that day.
“Transforming Columbus Day to Indigenous Peoples’ Day will encourage young Navajos to have pride in the place and people they come from and the beauty they hold within,” Jonathan Nez, the president of Navajo Nation, said in a statement before Mr.