Indigenous Peoples' Day

When does Indigenous Peoples' Day take place in the United States?

• • the second Monday of October.

• the First Monday of October

• the last Tuesday of September

• the last Friday of October

Which groups of Native peoples are honored on Indigenous Peoples' Day?

• • Indigenous Peoples' Day honors current US citizens

• • Indigenous Peoples' Day honors American Immigrants

• • Indigenous Peoples' Day honors American Indians, Native Alaskans, and Native Hawaiians.

• • Indigenous Peoples' Day honors Americans and Mexican descendants

What is the historical event that Columbus Day commemorates?

• • Columbus Day commemorates the arrival of Christopher Columbus in the Americas in 1492.

• • Columbus Day commemorates Native Americans arriving in America.

• • Columbus Day commemorates the founding of America

Why have Indigenous activists and their supporters protested Columbus Day in recent decades?

• because it's not true that Christopher Columbus found America

• because some people don't like Christopher Columbus

• because it ignores the point of view of Indigenous Americans and fails to acknowledge the violence that Columbus and his crew carried out against the Indigenous peoples, including kidnapping and enslavement.

When was the idea of replacing Columbus Day with a holiday honoring Indigenous peoples first proposed, and where did this proposal originate?

• • The idea was first proposed in 1977 at a United Nations conference on discrimination against Indigenous peoples.

• • The idea was first proposed in 2021 by President Joe Biden

• The idea was first proposed by Christopher Columbus in 1492

Which state was the first to replace Columbus Day with Native Americans' Day, and in what year did this change occur?

• Kansas became the first state to celebrate Native American's Day in 2021

• South Dakota became the first state to replace Columbus Day, celebrating Native Americans’ Day in 1990.

• The entire US first celebrated Native American's day in 1977

Which city was the first to adopt Indigenous Peoples' Day, and in what year did this change take place?

• South Dakota was the first state to celebrate Indigenous Peoples' Day in 1992

• • Berkeley, California, was the first city to adopt Indigenous Peoples’ Day in 1992.

When did Joe Biden, the 46th U.S. president, officially recognize Indigenous Peoples’ Day?

• 2020

• 2021

• 2022

• 2023

What does Indigenous Peoples' Day celebrate?

• Famous Native Americans throughout the history of the United States

• it celebrates Christopher Columbus arriving in the Americcas

• the diversity of Indigenous peoples and their contributions to American history and culture.

What does Christopher Columbus day celebrate?

• the explorer, Columbus, for opening up the New World to European settlement

• the arrival of the pilgrims and the first Thanksgiving with the Native Americans

• the birthday of Christopher Columbus