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Claiming Indigenous People's Day
Nick A. Martin, staff writer at The New Republic covering Native and Indigenous People's issues and a member of the Sappony Tribe and Kevin Gover, director of the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian and a member of the Pawnee Tribe, talk about what it means to claim Indigenous People's Day instead of federally recognized Columbus Day.
Later, Diane Fraher, filmmaker and founder of American Indian Artists Inc. also known as AMERINDA, a multi-arts organization for Native American artists joins as well.