Why Did BU Rename Columbus Day Indigenous Peoples Day?
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Adrienne Young (SSW’21), a member of the Sault Tribe of Chippewa Indians, wanted to see Boston University change Columbus Day to Indigenous Peoples Day to celebrate the people who were in America long before Christopher Columbus arrived. BU administrators agreed, and this year for the first time, BU will celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day instead.
Learn more about the campaign to make Indigenous People’s Day an official state holiday in Massachusetts here.