Banks like Wells Fargo and Bank of America will also be closed for Indigenous Peoples' Day and Columbus Day. Chase's branches will be opened, but it will treat online transactions the same way it would on a regularly observed federal holiday. All non-essential federal offices will also be closed on the holiday.

Kamala Harris has expressed support for renaming the federal holiday, telling voters in New Hampshire in 2019 to “count me in on support for the idea.”

Jasmine Eleck, an early career fellow at the Field Museum who is indigenous to California, studied history in college because she had seen certain histories suppressed. “I want to ensure that I include more perspectives and more voices in history,