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Indigenous Peoples' Day

GovInfo documents presidential Indigenous Peoples' Day proclamations in recent years, while a congressional resolution identifies the second Monday in October as the appropriate/used date. Federal proclamation status should be refreshed by year.

Date / ruleRecent U.S. federal proclamations use the second Monday in October; verify target-year proclamation
ScopeUnited States / presidential proclamation practice plus state/local observance
VerificationFederal Proclamation Series Verified
PortabilityEdition Specific
Evidence statusSource-backed
Last authority check2026-09-09
Target-year policyRefresh Edition
Next occurrenceNot projected automatically

This record requires a current target-year source or is intentionally historical.

Authority summary

What is Indigenous Peoples' Day?

GovInfo documents presidential Indigenous Peoples' Day proclamations in recent years, while a congressional resolution identifies the second Monday in October as the appropriate/used date. Federal proclamation status should be refreshed by year.

Date and recurrence

Recent U.S. federal proclamations use the second Monday in October; verify target-year proclamation

The stored date is verified for a specific edition only. It is not projected into another year without a fresh authoritative source.

Scope and status

The verified scope stored for this record is United States / presidential proclamation practice plus state/local observance. The site preserves that boundary and does not infer broader government, global or public-holiday status from the observance name alone.

Classification

Topic and context

Community, Causes & Advocacy →
Accuracy controls

What this page does not assume

  • Keep the source-defined country, community, organizer or institutional scope; do not silently broaden it.
  • Do not treat the title alone as proof of government recognition or public-holiday status.
  • Do not add a creator, founding story or origin claim unless the supporting evidence establishes it.
  • Refresh the target year before publishing a new date when the record is not safely portable.
Provenance

Sources

Source policy →
  1. GovInfo — Indigenous Peoples' Day, 2023 proclamationFederal Primary
  2. GovInfo — H. Res. 1189, second Monday in OctoberFederal Primary
Reader questions

Frequently asked questions

When is Indigenous Peoples' Day?

Recent U.S. federal proclamations use the second Monday in October; verify target-year proclamation The stored recurrence guidance is: Verify the target-year presidential proclamation; recent U.S. practice aligns with the second Monday in October.

Does Indigenous Peoples' Day fall on the same date every year?

No. The stored date is edition-specific and must be refreshed for another year.

Is Indigenous Peoples' Day an official public holiday?

The authority record verifies it within this scope: United States / presidential proclamation practice plus state/local observance. That recognition does not by itself make it a statutory public holiday; the site only makes public-holiday claims when the supporting authority record explicitly does so.

Who established or recognizes Indigenous Peoples' Day?

The stored designation basis is: GovInfo documents presidential Indigenous Peoples' Day proclamations in recent years, while a congressional resolution identifies the second Monday in October as the appropriate/used date. Federal proclamation status should be refreshed by year.. Supporting provenance includes GovInfo — Indigenous Peoples' Day, 2023 proclamation. The site does not infer a separate creator or founder unless reviewed evidence establishes one.

Is Indigenous Peoples' Day international or country-specific?

This authority record is country-scoped to United States. Its fuller verified scope is: United States / presidential proclamation practice plus state/local observance.

How is this page verified?

The factual layer is source-backed and keeps its date rule, scope, provenance and editorial guardrails attached to the authority record. This record was checked on 2026-09-09.

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