The second Monday in October, a federal holiday honoring Christopher Columbus, would be Indigenous Peoples Day in Mankato under a resolution the City Council will consider in coming weeks.

Dave Brave Heart — backed by about 30 community members — brought the request to a council work session Monday night. Brave Heart first offered praise for the city's recognition in recent decades of the conflict-ridden history of Mankato's founding and its efforts to promote reconciliation with descendants of the Dakota who first made the river valley home.