This article describes Indigenous People's Day 2022 -- its background and today's celebrations, whether nationally or in your neighborhood.
by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, which relates how today in the US there are more than 500 federally recognized Indigenous nations comprising nearly 3,000,000 people. They’re descendants of the 15,000,000 Native people who once inhabited the land. The book relates the centuries long genocidal program of the US settler/ colonial program that has largely been omitted from US history.
Policy against the Indigenous peoples was colonialist and designed to seize the territories of the original inhabitants, displacing or eliminating them, according to. And as Dunbar-Ortiz reveals, this policy was praised in popular culture, through writers like James Fenimore Cooper and Walt Whitman, and in the highest offices of government and the military.
Today and over the next few days, communities across the country celebrate Indigenous People’s Day with prayer vigils, powwows, symposiums, concerts, lectures, and rallies to acknowledge the sovereignty, cultures, history, and languages of Native peoples. The day also marks an opportunity to move forward together, rife with an acknowledgement of our colonialist history and desire to morph into a kinder, more compassionate, and equitable future.
Indigenous peoples and local communities gained greater international recognition under the umbrella of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change with the establishment of the Local Communities and Indigenous Peoples Platform in 2015 at the UN Climate Change Conference in Paris. The LCIPP helps amplify their voices and facilitates their effective participation in the United Nations climate process.
Indigenous People’s Day celebrations are sweeping communities across the nation as Native Americans and allies honor the immense contributions and resilience of Indigenous peoples. A list of key Indigenous People’s Day activities can be foundThere are many ways you can immerse yourself in Indigenous People’s Day from your home or community, too, to forge deeper connections to the natural world.
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