News Encyclopedia: International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples

On 23 December 1994, the United Nations General Assembly decided that the International Day of the World’s Indigenous People shall be observed on 9 August every year. The date marks the day of the first meeting, in 1982, of the UN Working Group on Indigenous Populations. Winmas Yu explains in this episode of News Encyclopedia.

International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples, commonly known as #IndigenousDay Source: AAP