Salem grassroots group invites community to celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ Day

Salem Indigenous Now will host its 5th annual Indigenous Peoples Day event on Monday. 

Indigenous Peoples’ Day recognizes the history and legacy of Native Americans, who have lived in Oregon and across the U.S. since time immemorial. It also recognizes the negative impacts of colonialism on Native communities and the history involved. 

The day is also meant to bring people together to celebrate native culture. 

This year’s event theme is “resistance is in existence,” said…