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Replacing Columbus Day With ‘Indigenous Peoples’ Day’ Is An Attack On America

The promotion of Indigenous Peoples’ Day has never been neutral or dispassionate. It is part of a broader ideological program to remake our great nation.

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Democrat Sen. Martin Heinrich and 14 of his Senate colleagues recently introduced a new resolution declaring their support for designating the second Monday of October, currently the federal holiday of Columbus Day, as “Indigenous Peoples’ Day.” 

Although the sponsors of S. Res. 900 seem very purposefully to refrain from expressly condemning Columbus Day, this resolution is anything but politically neutral, explicitly describing Western contact in the New World as resulting in “suppression, forced assimilation, and genocide of Indigenous Peoples.” And with that, S. Res. 900 gives the game away as yet another Democrat attempt to erase American culture in favor of a new, woke, anti-West civilization. Rather than choose literally any other day of the year, its advocates selected Columbus Day as part of a broader campaign to redefine who and what we as Americans celebrate. 

A Holiday Obviously Intended to Replace

The resolution’s sponsors, including Democrat notables Elizabeth Warren, Tim Kaine, Adam Schiff, and Cory Booker, acknowledge that some cities and states still recognize the holiday, which has been celebrated in the United States since 1792 and officially became a federal holiday in 1971. They seek to justify their proposal by noting that Indigenous Peoples’ Day is widespread, with more than “200 municipalities, 17 states, and the District of Columbia” already observing or recognizing it. Left out of that comment is that in many of these locations, such as Maine, Vermont, New Mexico, and D.C., Columbus Day was replaced by Indigenous Peoples’ Day, with all mention of that “villain” Columbus excised from their calendars.

Moreover, the co-sponsors add, Columbus Day “does not currently provide an opportunity to reflect on the stories and........

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