Montana Senate votes against Indigenous Peoples Day holiday
Posted on AllSides February 14th, 2023
From The Center
The vote as an attempt to resurrect the bill, which was tabled Monday The Montana state Senate voted Tuesday afternoon against discussing a bill that would have established Indigenous Peoples Day in the state Tuesday afternoon following debate over how the new holiday would replace Columbus Day. However, at least one member of the Montana American Indian Caucus plans to introduce another bill that would move the state-recognized American Indian Heritage Day to October, the same month as Columbus Day. Sen. Susan Webber, a Democrat from Browning and a Montana...