WI AJR113

Recognizes the second Monday in October as Indigenous Peoples Day in Wisconsin to promote appreciation, recognition, and reconciliation with Indigenous peoples

Acknowledges Wisconsin as ancestral homeland of Indigenous nations including Ho-Chunk, Menominee, Ojibwe, and Potawatomi since time immemorial

Names all eleven federally recognized tribes currently in Wisconsin, including the Bad River Band, Forest County Potawatomi, Ho-Chunk Nation, Menominee Indian Tribe, Oneida Nation, and others

Notes Indigenous Peoples Day was first proposed in 1977 at a United Nations-sponsored international conference and is now recognized across the United States

Affirms the state's responsibility to maintain government-to-government relationships with tribal nations and work toward eliminating discrimination against Indigenous peoples