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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Graham Lee Brewer

Indigenous activists see Trump's Columbus Day rhetoric as cause for continued advocacy

Columbus Day-Indigenous Activists - (Copyright 2020 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

This week, President Donald Trump announced he won't recognize Indigenous Peoples Day and will bring Columbus Day “back from the ashes” — another sign some Native leaders say that advocacy for Indigenous representation must continue during Trump's second term in the White House.

Columbus Day, celebrated annually in October, venerates the accomplishments of Italian explorer Christopher Columbus.

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