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Indigenous Peoples Day Massachusetts

Amherst Regional Middle School – Student Advocates for Change

LOCAL NEWS

11/06/20 – Shrewsbury High School student petitions for school mascot name change

09/26/18 – Brookline schools plan Indigenous Peoples Day with new lessons

09/13/18 – Somerville will observe Indigenous Peoples’ Day on Oct. 8

11/15/17 – Brookline To Change Columbus Day To ‘Indigenous People’s Day’

10/09/17 – For activists, abolishing Columbus Day means stopping the celebration of genocide

02/01/17 – Nipmucs call for end of Native American mascots

06/07/16 – Columbus Day now Indigenous Peoples’ Day in Cambridge

05/20/16 – Northampton OKs Indigenous Peoples Day

05/18/16 – Goodbye Columbus Day? Amherst Town Meeting OKs resolution to commemorate Indigenous Peoples’ Day

04/21/16 – Amherst schools replacing Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples Day on school calendar

03/11/16 – Out with Columbus, in with Indigenous People? Amherst students explain push to change fall holiday

IN THE NEWS

10/08/17 – Here Are The Cities That Celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ Day Instead of Columbus Day

08/31/17 – Everything You Need to Know About Indigenous Peoples Day