While many Americans will enjoy a day off from work in honor of Columbus Day on Monday, Oct. 13, the city of Seattle voted to honor the Native Americans that experienced genocide in wake of Christopher Columbus' arrival to America.

On Monday, the Seattle City Council unanimously voted to redesignate the federal Columbus Day holiday as Indigenous Peoples' Day in order to pay tribute to the millions of Native Americans who were living on the continent before Columbus "discovered" it in 1492.

Aids say that Mayor Ed Murray is expected to sign the legislation into law, which would make Seattle the second major city in the US to mark Indigenous Peoples' Day on the same day as Columbus Day. Minneapolis became the first major city to replace the holiday in April.

Supporters of the resolution say that the new holiday celebrates the contributions and culture of Native Americans and indigenous people in Seattle.

"Nobody discovered Seattle, Washington," Quinault Nation President Fawn Sharp told the council, according to Reuters. "This action will allow us to bring into future and present a day honoring our rich history."

However, not everyone is happy with the change.

Italian-Americans voiced opposition to the name change, arguing that the federal holiday is a celebration of Italian history in the U.S.

"Italians are intensely offended," Seattle native Lisa Marchese told the council. "For decades, Italian-Americans celebrated not the man, but the symbol of Columbus Day. That symbol means we honor the legacy of our ancestors who immigrated to Seattle, overcame poverty, a language barrier, and above all, discrimination."

Other Italian-Americans argued that Indigenous Peoples' Day should be celebrated on a day other than Columbus Day.

"We don't argue with the idea of Indigenous Peoples' Day. We do have a big problem of it coming at the expense of what essentially is Italian Heritage Day," said Ralph Fascitelli, an Italian-American living in Seattle, to the Associated Press.

"This is a big insult to those of us of Italian heritage. We feel disrespected," Fascitelli said, adding, "America wouldn't be America without Christopher Columbus."

Last week, the Seattle School Board voted to observe Indigenous Peoples' Day in public schools on the same day as Columbus Day.