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Oct. 13, 2025: On Indigenous People’s Day, how to get beyond acknowledgments and into action

By Ryan Warner
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Rick Williams, outside his Broomfield, Colorado, home.
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Rick Williams, outside his Broomfield, Colorado, home. ““For the first time in my life, I’ve seen positive things happening for Indian people, and that is a real joy for me,” he says.

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Oct. 13, 2025: On Indigenous People’s Day, how to get beyond acknowledgments and into action

Respect is the first law of the world's Indigenous peoples, says a man on a quest to right a historic wrong. On this Indigenous People's Day, Rick Williams has hope. We learn about his life mission in Colorado In Depth. Then, the two statewide ballot measures that voters will decide in November's election. And the Denver band, Bison Bone.

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