HI SCR55

Requests the Governor to support legislation redesignating Discoverers' Day (second Monday in October) as Indigenous Peoples Day in Hawaii

Argues that Christopher Columbus did not "discover" America in 1492 since indigenous peoples had inhabited the land for thousands of years, and similarly, Captain James Cook did not discover Hawaii in 1778 as Native Hawaiians had lived there for centuries

Cites the harmful historical concept of "discovery" rooted in papal bulls from the 1450s-1490s that established Christian dominion over non-Christian peoples and enabled colonization and forced labor

Notes that Berkeley, California renamed Columbus Day to Indigenous Peoples Day in 1992, and an increasing number of states, cities, and institutions have since followed

Seeks to honor indigenous peoples worldwide who perished during European colonization and celebrate the survival, culture, and continuity of indigenous communities