Indigenous Peoples’ Day honors Native American and Indigenous peoples’ histories, cultures, and resilience. Indigenous Peoples’ Day originated from a 1977 UN conference to combat discrimination and gained traction in the late 1980s, with South Dakota being the first state to officially recognize it in 1989. President Joe Biden became the first U.S. president to formally recognize Indigenous Peoples’ Day in 2021, though Columbus Day remains a federal holiday. Indigenous Peoples’ Day video