"Many places in the Americas have been home to different Native Nations over time, and many Indigenous people no longer live on lands to which they have ancestral ties," the museum says. The museum suggests reaching out to local Indigenous communities for guidance involving formal land acknowledgements, which can be offered at the start of public and private gatherings. One way to mark the day - and to learn about Indigenous history year-round - is to learn which Native lands you live on.Īcknowledging an area's original inhabitants and stewards is a valuable process, albeit a complex one, as the National Museum of the American Indian explains. Indigenous Peoples' Day is a time of reflection, recognition and celebration of the role Native people have played in U.S.
It falls on the same day as Columbus Day, which was established by Italian American groups to celebrate their heritage and to acknowledge the mistreatment of the immigrant group in the U.S. President Biden became the first president to officially recognize Indigenous Peoples' Day in 2021, and did so again this year. A screenshot of a portion of the interactive map from Native Land Digital shows which Native territories have inhabited different regions of the Americas, based on a variety of historical and Indigenous sources.
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