Today, members from NC State’s Native American Student Affairs, Student Government and University Dining will be hosting a number events to celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ Day — a day that promotes and commemorates the history of Native American peoples in place of Columbus Day. 

From 11 a.m. until 2 p.m., members of Student Government invite all who believe the City of Raleigh should celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ Day in place of Columbus Day to sign a petition at Wolf Plaza. 

From 4:30 p.m. until 8:30 p.m., Clark Dining Hall will host an Indigenous North America Dinner. The dinner will feature foods such as wild rice, sweet potato, roast turkey, smoked salmon and butternut squash. Native American Music and items from the North Carolina Museum of History will also be on display in Clark. 

From 6 to 8 p.m., a panel of speakers will provide an indigenous perspective on the colonization of the Americas, the “conquest” of Columbus and the resilience of the Native peoples in the face of adversity in the Ocracoke Hatteras Ballroom in Talley Student Union.