Bemidji officially recognizes Indigenous Peoples'/Treaty Day with proclamation

BEMIDJI—Mayor Rita Albrecht read the words just a few minutes after 6 p.m., "now, therefore, the city of Bemidji recognizes Indigenous Peoples'/Treaty Day."

The mayor's proclamation at Monday's City Council meeting made it so Bemidji would celebrate Oct. 10 as a day to reflect on the history of Native American culture and celebrate the value that the Anishinaabe, Dakota and other indigenous nations add to the community.

"We recognize indigenous nations have lived upon this land prior to European settlement and we value the progress society has accomplished through Indigenous people's knowledge, labor, technology, science, philosophy, arts, sacred ecologies and deep culture that has substantially shaped the character of the city of Bemidji," the proclamation reads.

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