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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- Patrick7년 이하I like to call it Día de la Raza
- kitkat7년 이하i think they should change it to ingenuous day because Columbus didn't 'really discover that the were already there when Columbus came. And because Columbus brought an army that kind The natives that were there. Also because the native that survived were forced to be a slave and work for Columbus.
- sdh7년 이하fun
- Wolfdog7년 이하That's why we have thanksgiving for Native American day :'0
- jr7년 이하I think name should be changed
- UNICORNS!!!7년 이하I vote Indigenous people day because it wasn't columbus's place to kill all of the native americans
- TSM Myth7년 이하Indigenous day because they are the ones who discovered America. And Christopher Columbus is taking the credit.
- name7년 이하I think it should be celebrating the Native Americans because Columbus did horrible things to the Native Americans just so people could think he discovered it. He murdered and enslaved them. This is just my opinion
- bob7년 이하indigenous
- xxxtentacion7년 이하I think we should call it columbis day to menhcen his name