Los Angeles County created an Indigenous Peoples Day holiday in place of Columbus Day.
A celebration of Indigenous Peoples Day will be from 4-8 p.m. Monday at Grand Park in downtown Los Angeles, featuring Indigenous performers, speakers and food. City Hall will also be lit up turquoise during the celebration.
"Los Angeles is built on indigenous land. The Civic Center itself stands where a Tongva village once stood. Replacing a day honoring a person who never even set foot in the United States -- and whose arrival in the Americas served as the catalyst for centuries of genocide against Native Americans -- with a day honoring First Nations and indigenous people -- was an important step for Los Angeles to take.
City and county offices will be closed Monday, including libraries. Los Angeles County courts will be open. They were closed Sept. 23 for Native American Day. In his proclamation declaring Monday as Indigenous Peoples' Day, President Joe Biden said,"On Indigenous Peoples' Day, we honor the sovereignty, resilience, and immense contributions that Native Americans have made to the world and we recommit to upholding our solemn trust and treaty responsibilities to tribal nations, strengthening our nation-to-nation ties.