Word on the Street: LA County replaces Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples Day

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By | Ian Benjamin Finnegan Thompson and Sarahi Apaez

Los Angeles has made Indigenous Peoples Day an official county holiday. In this video we ask students on the Humboldt State University campus their thoughts on the recent decision by the L.A. County Board of Supervisors to observe the second Monday in October as Indigenous Peoples Day instead of Columbus Day.

 

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