15 Calls to Action on Indigenous Peoples Day!

In 2021, President Biden issued the first-ever presidential proclamation of Indigenous Peoples Day, however he did not replace Columbus Day. This year, President Trump outright declared Monday, October 13, 2025, Columbus Day, omitting Indigenous Peoples' Day recognition.

By commemorating Indigenous Peoples Day, we recognize colonization persists today and perpetuates oppression and violence against Indigenous Peoples as well as their sovereignty and self-determination.

Equally important is ending the celebration of Columbus Day, as a step towards disrupting these oppressive systems and shifts focus to recognizing, honoring, and celebrating Indigenous Peoples' knowledge, histories, cultures, traditions, and lands. It is an opportunity to learn about the Peoples whose land we occupy and now call home and to take action in supporting the rights and sovereignty of all Indigenous Peoples.

We invite you to join a growing movement of people who take the second Monday of October to acknowledge historical and ongoing wrongs, learn about the Indigenous Peoples in your community, and celebrate beautiful cultures and traditions through dance, performances, food, music, film, and honor Indigenous Peoples by taking action!
 

1. Learn Whose Land You Are On

       

2. Attend a local or virtual Indigenous Peoples Day event

    

3. Donate to Indigenous-led organizations upholding Indigenous rights today 

Cultural Survival works on this issue nationally and internationally. We also invite you to support Indigenous-led organizations and Tribes local to your community. In Cambridge, MA, where we are headquartered on Massachusett land, we partner with the Native American Indian Center of Boston and United American Indians of New England, and support Eastern Woodland Rematriation and Sassafras Earth Education. Also show your support for the Wôpanâak Language Reclamation Project, Native Land Conservancy, The Massachusett Tribe at Ponkapoag, Native American LifeLines of Boston, Massachusetts Center for Native American Awareness, Nolumbeka Project, Ohketeau Cultural Center, No Loose Braids and our long-time Bazaar partner Sly Fox Den.
                                  

4. Watch and listen to "Rematriated Voices"

5. Stream Indigenous Rights Radio programs to amplify the national conversation about Indigenous Peoples Day

Indigenous Peoples Day
IRR Producers Shaldon Ferris (Khoisan) and Avexnim Cojti (Maya K'iche') uncover the history of Indigenous resistance to colonization and the "discovery" narrative that perpetuates the celebration of Columbus and the erasure of Indigenous Peoples.  



Stand Tall Like A Mountain -- Indigenous Peoples' Day
Indigenous Peoples Day is about honoring Indigenous resistance and celebrating the contributions of Indigenous Peoples all over the world. In this podcast, we celebrate the activism of Antie Pua Case from Hawaii, and other activists around the world who fight to preserve our mountains, our rivers, our valleys, our Earth.

6. Indigenize your book list 📖

Check out this reading list by Native authors who have published in 2025.


 

7. Take Action to Change Columbus Day to Indigenous Peoples Day
 

Urge Congress to revoke the federal holiday status of Columbus Day! 


 

8. Get Involved in the Anti-Mascot Movement

9. Amplify Indigenous Voices and Perspectives
 

• YDL: Being Indigenous outside Indigenous Peoples Day by Jourdan Bennett-Begaye
• "Why We Celebrate Indigenous People's Day" by Native News.
• "Acts of Solidarity on Indigenous Peoples Day and Beyond." By Daisee Francour
• "Indigenous Peoples’ Day: A Call to Higher Consciousness." By Wakinyan LaPointe
• Columbus in His Own Words by John Kane 

10. Support Indigenous Artists
 

           

11. Share IlumiNative's resources to support #IndigenousPeoplesDay
 
             


12. Read the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples 

13. Educate yourself on the #LandBack and Rematriation movements
 

14. Support Native Language Revitalization

15. Spread the Word!

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