No it's not. It's been Native American Day here since 1990. Columbus never set foot on what is now American soil, let alone South Dakota. That people are triggered by this -- particularly South Dakotans where their state have been celebrating Native American Day for decades -- is bewildering. It's akin to someone not from the south flying a confederate flag. Facts don't care about feelings. It's Native American Day. And that's not a new fact.
Since 1971, when Columbus Day became an officially recognized federal holiday in the United States, it has been observed on the second Monday in October, as commemorated by annual Presidential proclamation noting Columbus' achievements.
Leftwing nonsense. It's always been Columbus Day; that's the way it started! The only reason it was changed here was because pre-woke lefties were butt-hurt about Columbus "discovering America" and white settlers. Thanks for identifying your politics (evident in much of what you write).
BTW, if you don't think it was entirely political, then why did Mickelson not designate a completely different day for Indigenous People's Day if not to obliterate the memory of Christopher Columbus?
It's Columbus Day.
No it's not. It's been Native American Day here since 1990. Columbus never set foot on what is now American soil, let alone South Dakota. That people are triggered by this -- particularly South Dakotans where their state have been celebrating Native American Day for decades -- is bewildering. It's akin to someone not from the south flying a confederate flag. Facts don't care about feelings. It's Native American Day. And that's not a new fact.
Yes, it is. You're ignorant of history. Even leftwing Wikipedia has it right:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbus_Day
Since 1971, when Columbus Day became an officially recognized federal holiday in the United States, it has been observed on the second Monday in October, as commemorated by annual Presidential proclamation noting Columbus' achievements.
I'm not a federal bootlicker. In this great state, it's long been Native American Day.
Yep. It’s in statute. https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/1-5-1.2
Leftwing nonsense. It's always been Columbus Day; that's the way it started! The only reason it was changed here was because pre-woke lefties were butt-hurt about Columbus "discovering America" and white settlers. Thanks for identifying your politics (evident in much of what you write).
If you think George Mickelson was left wing, you must be new to SD
BTW, if you don't think it was entirely political, then why did Mickelson not designate a completely different day for Indigenous People's Day if not to obliterate the memory of Christopher Columbus?
Born in Yankton in 1952. You must be in the new wave of wokesters. Are you claiming the change wasn't entirely political?
You must be dumb as a rock.
Another guy ignorant of history.