Indigenous Peoples' Day replacing Columbus Day in L.A.

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The Los Angeles City Council voted Wednesday to give Columbus Day a very different name: Indigenous Peoples’ Day. The council voted Wednesday to replace Christopher Columbus' name on the holiday with a celebration of indigenous people.

The proposal to replace Columbus’ holiday was introduced in November 2015 by Councilman Mitch O'Farrell, a member of the Wyandotte Nation tribe, because of what he called "Columbus' legacy of extreme ********, enslavement and *********'' and "the suffering, destruction of cultures, and subjugation of Los Angeles' original indigenous people, who were here thousands of years before anyone else.''

The motion ****** with the exception of one councilman — Joe Buscaino — who voted against the proposal. Buscaino is expected to introduce a second proposal that would schedule an Indigenous Peoples’ Day to take place on Aug. 9, and replace Columbus Day with "Embrace L.A. Day."