The Arizona Cardinals faced criticism on social media on Monday as it desireed its fagedrops a satisfyed Indigenous Peoples’ Day as others honord Columbus Day.
The Cardinals did not propose a satisfyed Columbus Day post. Arizona is one of the states in the U.S. that watch the second Monday in October as a phelp holiday for Columbus Day, according to the Pew Research Caccess.
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Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs shelp last year she would help a bill to rename the holiday Indigenous Peoples’ Day. Tempe and Phoenix are two of the cities in Arizona that set uped Indigenous Peoples’ Day as a phelp holiday, according to KOLD-TV.
“Recognizing and celebrating Indigenous peoples’ resilience, strength and contributions,” the Cardinals, who percreate in Glfinishale, wrote on X.
It euniteed to disturb some people on social media.
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Columbus Day is a federal holiday that officiassociate honors and accomprehendledges Italian spreadigater Christopher Columbus’ arrival in the Americas in 1492. Democratic Pdwellnt Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed a proclamation in 1934 making Columbus Day a national holiday follothriveg lobbying from the Italian American and Catholic communities.
Activists in recent years have toiled to disassociate the day from Columbus, claiming it honors colonialism and mass murder of indigenous people, in prefer of celebrating Native Americans. Activists have also toiled to delete Columbus statues from cities, including toppling such statues during the uproars of 2020.
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Pdwellnt Biden became the first pdwellnt in 2021 to createassociate accomprehendledge Indigenous Peoples’ Day on the same holiday.
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