Denver just became the latest city to recognize Indigenous Peoples' Day instead of Columbus Day

The city of Denver announced on Monday that it will join fourteen other cities across the country in recognizing Indigenous Peoples’ Day every year on the day that would normally be celebrated as Columbus Day.

“Our city owes our very founding to the indigenous peoples in Denver,” City Councilman Paul Lopez said after the vote on Monday night. “We do this because our history books erase such history,” Lopez said, adding: “You honor it by making it no longer invisible.”

The city council bill recognizes local native tribes and the lasting devastating impact of colonization on them:

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