Indigenous Peoples Day is used to celebrate the values of equality, prosperity, respect for land and respect for life, which indigenous people actually implement in their communities and respect as part of their cultures. Although many of these values are adopted as American values, we know that in practice they are not so present in the population and are not even celebrated, in fact, as indigenous people do. So yes, we can agree with the quote from Leo Killsback.
The day of indigenous peoples is also held to remember European violence and the attempt to exploit them, enslave and suppress them.
