Effort to recognize Indigenous Peoples’ Day advances in one rural county, stalls in another

Students participate in an Indigenous People’s Day assembly and walk on Monday, Oct. 11, 2021 at Schurz Elementary School. The school is located on the Walker River Paiute Reservation. (David Calvert/The Nevada Independent)

For the first time, Mineral County today is celebrating Indigenous Peoples’ Day, a significant move for a county in rural Nevada, where Native communities still face obstacles to getting recognized, even as Indigenous Peoples’ Day is increasingly celebrated across the nation.  More