Indigenous People’s Day will officially replace Columbus Day on the district’s school calendar after the School Committee voted Tuesday to make the change. It follows a City Council decision in June 2016 to change the second Monday in October to a holiday celebrating the natives, many argue, who were doomed to oppression and enslavement after Christopher Columbus’ arrival.
The motion not only renames the school holiday, but identifies Oct. 1 as a non-holiday officially recognized as Italian Heritage Day.
