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welcome to the codkey ride home for monday October 12th, 2020. I'm Jackson Bird. It's

Indigenous People's Day today. How and when did this start becoming a thing? Also, how

West Coast governments are finally turning to tribal leaders for assistance preventing wildfires.

A serious collaboration between Portugal the Man and Weird Al Yankovic.

And an interactive website that shows you a global map of tribal territories and languages.

Here are some of the cool things from the news today.

14 U.S. states, the District of Columbia, and more than 130 cities now celebrate Indigenous

People's Day instead of, or in addition to, Columbus Day.

And while Indigenous People's Day is growing a lot in popularity in recent years,

its history actually goes back a little further than many people may think.

First, for what it's worth, Columbus Day isn't actually that old.

It was first proposed in a resolution by President Benjamin Harrison in the late 1800s,

but didn't officially become a federal holiday until 1934.

Quoting, Yes Magazine,

Some Americans started to question why indigenous people, who'd been in the country all along,

didn't have their own holiday.

In the 1980s, Colorado's American Indian Movement chapter began protesting the celebration of Columbus Day.

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