In 1892, after a brutal lynching and mass murder of Italian-Americans in New Orleans, President Harrison declared a one-time national celebration of Italian heritage, hoping to placate Italian-Americans and repair relations with Italy.
They called it Columbus Day.
50 years later, during WW2, FDR labeled Italian-Americans "enemy aliens" and interned them.
To quell outrage over their treatment, FDR reversed his decision and declared Columbus Day a national holiday.
The purpose of making Columbus Day an official holiday was to virtue signal to a marginalized population, while continuing to marginalize them.
Renaming it Indigenous People's Day does the exact same thing.
Happy Tuesday!