Columbus Day Or Indigenous Peoples' Day? You Decide!
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Columbus Day, which is celebrated annually on the second Monday of October to honor the Italian explorer credited with “discovering” the Americas, has always been somewhat of a controversial holiday. That’s because while Christopher Columbus stumbled upon what we now call the Caribbean on October 12, 1492, he never set foot on the mainland – even on his subsequent three journeys. Besides, North America had already been “discovered” by the Native Americans, who had been living there for many generations.
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- kool kid man7년 이하i think it should be indigenous day
- AGirlWithALife.7년 이하Columbus was trying to go to India when he accidentally stumbled across America. He wasn't aiming to kill all those people.
- KC7년 이하" Columbus Day " shouldn't be celebrated because he took natives to be slaves! Columbus also did not discover the Americas because there was already people living there which where the natives. Also Columbus did nothing really so why should he be celebrated????? I do not know why people think he is a hero when he did very cruel things to the natives.
- M.S 7년 이하This was very cool to learn about how other country's call Columbus day
- JC7년 이하I think the name should be changed to the name because why should we celebrate a holiday named after a person who put people thur slavery.
- Mr awesome7년 이하i don´t like Columbus day because he didn't discover america because the Americans\natives discovered it first because they live there and he enslaved a lot of people when the Spanish arrived.
- Mr. random 7년 이하I don't know why we celebrate Columbus day if he just took over the land that the Indians were on in the first place. he didn't discover anything thing he just made a war with the people that were there first so really he did not fiscally discoverer nothing.
- JocelynM7년 이하I think we should change the name to Indigenous People's Day. Because a lot of people already discovered America first then Columbus. So it should not be called Columbus day.
- Alex7년 이하I think that Columbus day should be switched indigenous day because Columbus didn't discover anything because the natives discovered it and he killed a lot of men.
- AGirlWithALife.7년 이하I think this is useful for changing people's opinion. Indigenous Day sounds better than Columbus day because what he did wasn't an okay thing to do,But he made America what it is today.Ad we have to give him credit for that.If it wasn't for him I wouldn't be alive at all since My Mother is From Spain and all the family from her side is from Spain, And my Father is Native America. That's all I wanted to say.. Have a great day everyone! - A Girl With a Life.