BELOIT, Wis. (WTVO) — The Beloit City Council has proclaimed October 13th as Indigenous Peoples’ Day, since the federal government recently reversed a prior decision to recognize Columbus Day and Indigenous Peoples’ Day.
While Columbus Day has been a federal holiday since 1971, Indigenous Peoples’ Day is not federally recognized.
Former President Joe Biden signed a declaration recognizing both days, but President Donald Trump reversed that last week, pledging “to reclaim his extraordinary legacy of faith, courage, perseverance, and virtue from the left-wing arsonists who have sought to destroy his name and dishonor his memory.”…