Today is Columbus Day, and it also marks a holiday that more and more cities and organizations are formally recognizing: Indigenous Peoples鈥� Day.
Indigenous Peoples鈥� Day was first proposed in 1977 by a delegation of Native nations to the United Nations, and it鈥檚 meant to honor Native Americans with a recognition of their histories and cultures.
On Monday鈥檚 St. Louis on the Air, host Sarah Fenske talked about recognizing Indigenous Peoples' Day with Suzanne Michelle White. A high school science teacher in the Ferguson-Florissant School District, White is a member of the Choctaw Tribe of Oklahoma and a descendant of Cherokee, Delaware and Lumbee nations/tribes.
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