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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- Me isgood 6년 이하No we shouldnt call it Columbus day. He might have done lots of good things for exploration, He killed lots of native american tribes and stole lots of stuff from them. That shouldnt earn him a holiday
- uh oh Stinky6년 이하GO INDIGENOUS DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- chikinboy6년 이하Columbus was just doing what he thought was right at the time.
- im smart6년 이하1. In my opinion most of the eastern states call it columbus day. In the west people call it indyenguis day. 2. Honestly we should have it called indyenguis day because columbus did not really do anything but the king and queen of spain helped him a lot. Also he slaved the native americans to find him riches like silver and gold. Columbus was a mean person because, by his second trip he already had a governor in the bahamas. First of all he discovered the Bahamas which is an Island and he was not even the fist european to discover the americas . Someone in the year of 1000 ish discovered which is now called ¨ Canada¨ Like really this person needed thousands of dollars to just built three boats. And after the first trip he brought back Native Americans. All in all Columbus day should be changed to indigenous day we still could have the day off but come on this person didn't even discover the states.
- hockey1236년 이하1 I think it should be chanced to native americans day because native americans were there
- 👑King AJ👑6년 이하I think it should be changed to something different because it is not right to make a holiday that has the name of a human that doesn't deserve it. I think it should be indigenous people's day as well.
- smart cookie6년 이하well, it should be native Americans day or something of the sort. theirs lots of people who disagree with me, but Columbus did more bad than good. he found other things, but not even north america! native Americans came here when there was still a land bridge from Russia to Alaska. it should be native Americans day, to celebrate, not to celebrate mass genocide!! Columbus just came, saw, killed. the native people did WAY more to our country than Columbus ever did.
- Rainbow dash6년 이하That is a beautiful holiday of all!
queenwintersnow약 6년I just think the name should be Columbus Day
alexc310약 6년I think he was an important role in our country but he was not able to do it without everyone else in history.😒😒
emilyarmer약 6년I agree with you totally!