Indigenous Peoples' Day celebration held in Fresno

FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - The 4th yearly Indigenous People's Day solemnisation was held astatine Fresno City Hall connected Monday.

The lawsuit is held each twelvemonth to bring consciousness to the indigenous communities passim Fresno County and the remainder of the world.

"I deliberation it's precise important that we admit Indigenous Peoples' Day present successful the City of Fresno," said Nelson Esparza, Fresno City councilmember.

Esparza says it is simply a time to admit the agelong past of neglect that took spot passim the region.

"And truthful we've truly been trying to marque that up successful these past respective years," helium said. "So portion contiguous was the 4th yearly Indigenous Peoples' solemnisation present astatine City Hall, we bash anticipation that it carries connected agelong aft I'm gone from City Hall and others."

The contented of celebrating Indigenous Peoples' Day started 4 years agone successful Fresno and six years agone passim California. 

"For us, the consulate of Mexico is besides truly important because, arsenic you mightiness know, successful Mexico, we person antithetic indigenous communities that are portion of the cloth and of the civilization and each the past of our country," said Nuria Zuniga, the caput consul astatine the Consulate of Mexico successful Fresno. "Well, for me, it's truly important to constituent retired that our president took retired past week connected October the first, but not conscionable arsenic president of each the Mexicans per se, but besides arsenic president of each these 68 indigenous communities," she said. 

Zuniga said it's important to admit the indigenous communities who reside successful Fresno.