The city of Los Angeles celebrated its first Indigenous Peoples Day on Monday, replacing the traditional Columbus Day holiday with observances of Native American history and culture. /VCG Photo

The daylong commemoration started with a sunrise ceremony hosted by Native American residents dressed up in traditional attires. Other celebrative events included a five-kilometer run through LA's downtown and an outdoor concert. /VCG Photo

Last year Los Angeles City Council voted to designate the second Monday of October as Indigenous Peoples Day, joining the growing ranks of local governments across the US replacing the traditional Columbus Day holiday with a holiday honoring indigenous people. /VCG Photo

Los Angeles, the nation’s second-largest city whose earliest settlers belonged to the native Gabrielino-Tongva peoples, is home to the largest indigenous population of any American city. /VCG Photo

Columbus Day was proclaimed a national holiday in the 1930s in celebration of Italian-born explorer Christopher Columbus's landfall in the American continent. /VCG Photo

While Columbus was long hailed for bringing European civilization and settlement to the New World, some present-day scholars acknowledge a far more complicated legacy including enslavement and subjugation of the indigenous inhabitants he encountered. /VCG Photo