Indigenous and Palestinian activists march side by side as the connection between Palestinian resistance and Indigenous Peoples' Day was drawn by speakers and signs during Seattle's 10th Indigenous Peoples' Day Celebration on Oct. 14, 2024. (Photo: Alex Garland)
The 10th anniversary of Seattle’s Indigenous Peoples’ Day on Monday, Oct. 14, brought hundreds to the streets in celebration. The City of Seattle adopted a resolution in 2014 naming the second Monday in October Indigenous Peoples’ Day, removing Christopher Columbus, a 15th-century Italian ship captain, from Seattle’s calendar of celebration.
Honor was shown for Indigenous people from the Salish Sea to Palestine as connections to Indigenous communities from across the world were respected. Matt Remle (Hunkpapa Lakota from Standing Rock Sioux Reservation), a longtime community organizer, spoke to the crowd at a stop near the Federal Building. "Just letting our Palestinian relatives know that we love you,” Remle said. “We see what's happening, and our hearts go out to that genocide you are facing, so we stand here and support you."
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