Under cloudy gray skies, people gathered near Albuquerque’s Old Town Monday in rainbow-colored ribbon skirts, beaded medallions and moccasins to celebrate New Mexico’s seventh annual Indigenous Peoples’ Day.

The state Legislature formally changed Columbus Day to Indigenous Peoples’ Day in 2019, putting New Mexico among three other states to shed a holiday that many Native American advocates said was disrespectful.

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