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Indigenous Peoples Day
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indigenous_Peoples%27_Day
A holiday that celebrates and honors Native American peoples and commemorates their histories and cultures. On October 8th, 2021 President Joe Biden signed a presidential proclamation declaring October 11th to be a national holiday. It is celebrated across the United States on the second Monday in October, and is an official city and state holiday in various localities. It began as a counter-celebration held on the same day as the U. S. federal holiday of Columbus Day, which honors Italian explorer Christopher Columbus.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbus_Day
is a national holiday in many countries of the Americas and elsewhere, and a federal holiday in the United States, which officially celebrates the anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the Americas on October 12, 1492.

Christopher Columbus was a Genovese-born explorer who became a subject of the Hispanic Monarchy in order to lead a Spanish enterprise to cross the Atlantic Ocean in search of an alternative route to the Far East, only to land in the New World.

https://www.indianz.com/News/2020/10/19/president-trump-disavows-indigenous-peoples-day/ President Trump disavows Indigenous Peoples Day

President Donald Trump disavowed Indigenous Peoples Day during a campaign rally in Muskegon, Michigan, on October 17, 2020.

"And he wants to change the name of Columbus Day to Indigenous Peoples Day, who likes that idea? Who likes it?" Trump said as the crowd could be heard booing.

"What the heck are you saying? That's politically incorrect," Trump said during the rally, held on Odawa, Ojibwe and Potatawomi territory in Muskegon, whose name comes from the Odawa, or Ottawa, language.

"So he wants to change it to Indigenous Peoples Day. Not as long as I’m president, let me just tell you that, okay?" Trump said.

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https://www.aol.com/muslim-americans-reported-hate-incidents-201100703.html
Muslim Americans reported hate incidents nationwide on 9/11 anniversary

As the 20th anniversary of 9/11 passed Saturday, Muslim Americans braced for what community leaders said happens every year around this time: a wave of hate and overt Islamophobia.

Passersby outside the Islamic Center of Greater Austin in Texas discovered a bloodied mask of a pig’s head and a sign planted in the ground reading, “You are as unclean to God as a pig is to you.” The Austin Police Department’s hate crimes review committee is looking into the vandalism, but it needs more evidence for it to be considered a hate crime, according to local news station KVUE-ABC.

“These kind of crimes affect families, communities and our entire nation,” Zainab Chaudry, a director with the Council on American-Islamic Relations, told NBC Asian America.