On October 8, 2021, President Joe Biden became the first commander-in-chief to formally recognize Indigenous Peoples’ Day by issuing a proclamation celebrating the upcoming holiday.
The proclamation says: “On Indigenous Peoples’ Day, our Nation celebrates the invaluable contributions and resilience of Indigenous peoples, recognizes their inherent sovereignty, and commits to honoring the Federal Government’s trust and treaty obligations to Tribal Nations.”
Indigenous Peoples’ Day was first proposed during a United Nations conference in 1977 when members of the community reported facing discrimination. It was instituted in Berkeley, California in 1992. The map below shows what states observe Indigenous Peoples’ Day officially and what observe it by proclamation.
Toward the end of the Ice Age the earth experienced prolonged frigid conditions. In the northern region of the earth, glaciers began to form. As more and more of the earth’s water got locked up in glaciers, sea levels began to drop. The land beneath the Bering Strait became exposed and a flat grassy treeless plain emerged connecting Asia to North America.
Several modern tribes are thought to be descended from the ancestral Puebloans, including the Hopi, Zuni, Santa Ana, Santa Felipe, Cochiti and Nambe.
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