Some 527 years after he sailed the ocean blue, Christopher Columbus has officially lost his status in Maine .

Gov. Janet Mills (D) signed a bill Friday officially replacing Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples Day in the state, joining a handful of other states and municipalities that have already made the change.

(South Dakota was the first state in the nation to drop Columbus Day, swapping it out for Native American Day back in 1990.)

I believe we are are stronger when we seek a fuller and deeper understanding of our history, Mills said in a signing statement Friday. I believe we are stronger when we lift up the voices of those who have been harmed and marginalized in the past, because there is power in a name and in who we choose to honor.

Earlier this month, the Maine House passed a bill banning public schools from having mascots and logos depicting Native Americans.