The day came about after a series of calls for such a celebration. It was first self-declared
Indian Day in 1945, by Jules Sioui and chiefs from across North America. In 1982, the
National Indian Brotherhood (now the
Assembly of First Nations) called for the creation of a
National Aboriginal Solidarity Day to be celebrated on 21 June. In 2009, the
House of Commons declared June to be National Aboriginal History Month (now National Indigenous History Month). On 21 June 2017, Canadian Prime Minister
Justin Trudeau released a statement pledging to rename the event National Indigenous Peoples Day. The private member's bill that would have effected the change in name (Bill C-369) reached first reading in the
Senate, ==See also==