October 12, 2021
A parade is held in Tuba City, Arizona, in 2019. Indigenous People's Day takes place Oct. 11. Virtual events are planned in Flagstaff (Loretta McKenney/NHO)
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Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez and Vice President Myron Lizer issued several letters of support to members of Congress last week, supporting a new bill introduced by U.S. Sens. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), and U.S. Rep. Norma Torres (D-Calif.) that would replace Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples’ Day as a federally recognized holiday on the second Monday of October.
October 12, 2021