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Native American Day: 30 years
Monday, October 12, 2020
Native Sun News Staff Writer
RAPID CITY — South Dakota has celebrated Native American Day in lieu of Columbus Day since 1990.
The transformed holiday was the result of correspondence between then editor of Indian Country Today, Tim Giago, and George Mickelson, then South Dakota Governor. Along with transforming the holiday to celebrating Native Americans, Giago and Mickelson also established the year 1990 as the Year of Reconciliation given the past racial disputes in South Dakota.
Since 1990, the replacement of Columbus Day by Native American Day or Indigenous Peoples Day has been wide spread. An article by Indian Country Today from 2019 outlined 11 states that have replaced Columbus Day with some form a variation of Native American Day. Hawai’i, for example, celebrates Discoverers Day in honor of Polynesian voyagers. Over 100 cities (including Washington, D.C., and Columbus, Ohio) in the United States have formally replaced Columbus Day as well.
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