Montana Senate votes against Indigenous Peoples Day holiday

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 American Indian Caucus member, who introduced Tuesday’s motion to discuss Indigenous Peoples Day, said that she wanted to debate the bill after the Senate Education and Cultural Resources Committee tabled it on Monday, essentially taking the bill out of commission.

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