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"In 1977 participants at the United Nations International Conference on Discrimination against Indigenous Populations in the Americas proposed that Indigenous Peoples’ Day replace Columbus Day.Indigenous Peoples’ Day recognizes that Native people are the first inhabitants of the Americas, including the lands that later became the United States of America. And it urges Americans to rethink history." https://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/national-museum-american-indian/2019/10/11/indigenous-peoples-day-2019

The following states and the District of Columbia observe Native American or Indigenous Peoples’ Day, in place of or in addition to Columbus Day:

-- Alabama

-- Alaska

-- District of Columbia

-- Hawaii

-- Idaho

-- Maine

-- Michigan

-- Minnesota

-- New Mexico

-- North Carolina

-- Oklahoma

-- Oregon

-- South Dakota

-- Vermont

-- Wisconsin


The state of Texas does not currently observer Indiginous People day, but the following local jurisdiction have made the change:

-- City of Austin

-- City of Dallas

-- City of San Antonio

-- County of Bexar



Learn more:

-- Smithsonian Mag: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/national-museum-american-indian/2019/10/11/indigenous-peoples-day-2019/:

-- PBS: https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/npr/2019/10/14/769083847/columbus-day-or-indigenous-peoples-day/