An event was held at the yakʔitʸutʸu Amphitheater in acknowledgment of the first people who occupied Cal Poly’s land.
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Cal Poly’s First Indigenous People’s Day
Colorful displays, heartfelt speeches and upbeat dancing came together at the Julian A. McPhee University Union Oct. 9 in celebration of the recently renamed Indigenous Peoples’ Day. Students and faculty of various ethnic backgrounds gathered for the first ever Indigenous People’s Day on campus. Instead of calling the holiday Columbus Day, the city of San […]