The Dane County Board of Supervisors approved an ordinance amendment codifying Indigenous Peoples’ Day as an official county holiday. Indigenous Peoples’ Day takes place on the second Monday in the month of October.
Dane County joins a small handful of counties throughout the country that recognize Indigenous Peoples’ Day as an official paid holiday.
The board also approved a resolution celebrating Indigenous Peoples’ Day. The resolution indicates that the County Board encourages employees to use the proposed holiday to celebrate and recognize indigenous people and work to make the planet a more welcoming place.
There are 11 federally-recognized tribes in Wisconsin, and the area known as Dane County is located on the ancestral and traditional lands of the Ho-Chunk, Sauk, and Kickapoo nations.
