Walker signs law recognizing Indigenous Peoples Day in Alaska

Alaska Gov. Bill Walker in Utqiaġvik on June 24, 2017, after signing Indigenous Peoples Day into state law. (Photo courtesy Governor’s Office of Alaska)
In Utqiaġvik over the weekend, Gov. Bill Walker signed legislation recognizing Indigenous Peoples Day in Alaska.
The law establishes Alaska as the second state in the nation to recognize Indigenous Peoples Day on the second Monday of October, replacing Columbus Day.
Walker said Saturday that “this offici