Monday: October 10th Was Indigenous Peoples Day
October 10th, 2022 INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY Copper Valley Is Home Of The Ahtna Athabascan People Ruth & Harry Johns Of Copper Center W...
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October 10th, 2022
October 10th, 2022
INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY Copper Valley Is Home Of The Ahtna Athabascan People
Ruth & Harry Johns Of Copper Center Were Heavily Invested In Sharing Native Culture. (Archive photo by Copper River Country Journal)
October 10th, the Monday closest to "Columbus Day," is also known as "Indigenous Peoples Day."
The day celebrates the many tribes, cultural and linguistic groups that populated the Americas before Columbus arrived in 1492. The Copper Valley of Alaskahas the largest group of roadside Native Alaskan villages in the state.
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| Ruth & Harry Johns Of Copper Center Were Heavily Invested In Sharing Native Culture. (Archive photo by Copper River Country Journal) |
