Members of the Indigenous Peoples Development Center called for the City Council to officially recognize Indigenous People's Day.
"Indigenous people were on this land for hundreds and hundreds of years, millions of Indigenous people, long before 1492," said Les Begay, co-founder of the IPDC.
A monuments committee, formed by Mayor Lightfoot, recommended the same in August, but the mayor has yet to make a decision on the statues' fate. State and city leaders also spoke out about the stalled ordinance that would recognize the Indigenous People's Day holiday by the city, replacing Columbus Day. Mayor Lightfoot has said she is against the idea. The proposal is co-sponsored by 49th Ward Alderwoman Maria Hadden.
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