St. Paul school celebrates Indigenous Peoples’ Day [Video]

ST PAUL, Minn. — Hundreds of people celebrated Indigenous Peoples’ Day at American Indian Magnet School in St. Paul. 

Students and their families along with community members were able to play Native games, watch an Aztec cultural group dance, and participate in various activities like lacrosse and archery.

Students still had class, but they were able to spend time outside to take part in the celebration. The St. Paul school has nearly 600 students and is open to students of all backgrounds. Its education focuses on the American Indian Experience.

Eighth grader Hopela White describes Indigenous Peoples’ Day as a “day to recognize like Indigenous people everywhere, to like celebrate the culture, and to also recognize the bad things that happened to us and how we came back from them,” she …