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News Articles: indigenous peoples' day

A screenshot of a portion of the interactive map from Native Land Digital shows which Native territories have inhabited different regions of the Americas, based on a variety of historical and Indigenous sources.

Which Indigenous lands are you on? This map will show you

Native Land Digital, a Canadian nonprofit, offers resources for Indigenous and non-Indigenous people to learn more about the land and its history. It hopes its map will be just a part of that journey.

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  • Rachel Treisman
Benson Kipruto (L) and Diana Kipyogei (R) of Kenya hold up the victory trophy after taking first place in the professional men's and women's divisions during the 125th Boston Marathon in Boston, Massachusetts on Monday. The first Boston Marathon since April 2019 strayed from tradition in several ways.

Here are the highlights from a historic Boston Marathon

Monday's race strayed from tradition in a few ways: It was the first in-person Boston Marathon since April 2019 and the first to take place in the fall. It also coincided with Indigenous Peoples' Day.

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  • Rachel Treisman
Aerial view of rain forest. Daintree River. Daintree National Park. Queensland Australia.

A historic rainforest and other lands have been returned to Indigenous Australians

The Queensland government agreed to return more than 160,000 hectares of land, including the historic Daintree National Park, to the Eastern Kuku Yalanji community.

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  • Jaclyn Diaz
City of South Fulton Celebrates It's First Indigenous Peoples' Day.

South Fulton Celebrates Indigenous Peoples’ Day

Next Monday, public schools and state offices across Georgia close to mark Columbus Day. Five states, more than 50 cities and dozens of universities no...

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