Move over, Christopher Columbus. The second Monday in October is now known as Indigenous Peoples Day in the city of St. Paul.

The resolution was sponsored by all seven members of the St. Paul City Council and approved Wednesday to heavy applause from a crowded, upbeat audience.

It encourages other institutions to recognize the day and reaffirms “the city’s commitment to promote the well-being and growth of St. Paul’s American Indian and Indigenous community.”

With its passage, St. Paul joins a series of cities that have voted to recognize Indigenous Peoples Day over the past year, including Minneapolis, Grand Rapids, Minn., Seattle, and Traverse City, Mich.

The resolution recognizes that St. Paul was built on the homelands of the Dakota people and that the city “knows indigenous nations have lived upon this land since time immemorial.”

The idea of an Indigenous People’s Day was first proposed in 1977 by a delegation of Native nations to the United Nations’ International Conference on Discrimination Against Indigenous Populations in the Americas.

The resolution drew one letter of opposition from St. Paul resident Gregory Cosimini, who urged the council to instead rename the second Monday in October Italian-Americans Day, and pick another day of the year for Indigenous Peoples Day.

“It’s a huge recognition,” said Joanne Whiterabbit, executive director of the Minnesota American Indian Chamber of Commerce, in an interview.