“Indigenous Peoples’ Day” instead of “Columbus Day”

I would like to start with a land acknowledgment, a practice I was introduced to during a 21-day racial equity challenge I participated in over the summer. I extend my gratitude for the people of the Cherokee, Choctaw, Creek and Chickasaw nations for their preservation of the land that I live on today, and more generally, to all the members of the First Nations spread across the American continents for their wisdom, respect, and the deep cultural relationship they share with nature.

As many people in America are celebrating the so-called thanksgiving holiday- with the good intentions of family reunion and thanking God- a review of parts of the Leader of the Revolution's speech on May 15, 2007 can help shed light on the history of European colonizers.