Columbus Day Or Indigenous Peoples' Day? The Debate Rages On
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Columbus Day, which is commemorated annually on the second Monday in October, has been a US federal holiday since 1934. However, the celebration, honoring Christopher Columbus's arrival to the Americas, has always been somewhat controversial due to the European settlers' brutal treatment of the Native American people. It has also been argued that the indigenous people had already "discovered" America by the time Columbus landed on the Bahamian island he named San Salvador on October 12, 1492.
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alexandramo35년 이상Christopher Columbus doesn't deserve a holiday for his evilness.
bostonterierblu5년 이상yes we should celebrate whatever we want
indiaashayy5년 이상It should be indigneous people's day as being mixed with native american it is an insult for it to be called colombus day when the natives first discoverd america also how can you be the first to discover something that has already been discovered?
dangerkitty5년 이상Good point
- bostonterierblu5년 이상i mean im pretty sure native americans discovered it first
- bostonterierblu5년 이상i think we should all decide for ourselves and we all have rights to do whatever! who agrees
manylovesdogs285년 이상I think we should celebrate Indigenous Peoples' Day because actually Amerigo Vespucci discovered America !!!
shmitler5년 이상well the America's were named after him but Columbus was the one to go and find the America's.
- shmitler5년 이상The people that had been in America were stuck they because they had walked across the Bering strait and got trapped. The Native Americans had to live there because they couldn't get home and tell people about this. Columbus had found it and told people about this discovery. Also he didn't get lost he followed the same path that he wanted to go.
- liz_legend_13약 4년But, and hear me out here, Columbus never stepped into American AND wrongly named them Indians because (he was lost) he thought he was in India.
wanmeideta5년 이상just an sort of add on to my previous comment, colombus didn't actually do much, sure he was a good person that did some things any human being could do, but he didn't really make much of a difference to north america. ok so on the internet they say that Colombus discovered the earth is round, but sorry no he didn't, you can do some DEEP research on this and i'm telling the truth, i'm not allowed to post web links to prove i'm right but you really should look it up your self.- wanmeideta5년 이상Before is write just please note that my spelling is horrible. ok i'm gonna NOT insult anyone's opinion on this but I personally think that we should celebrate indigenous people day, because let's be honest, we don't learn enough about them and the stuff we learn about Chistopher Colombus is kind of over worked, he is a good person in all but he didn't discover lots of thing we are told he did. i think that the indigenous deserve more attention, sure there is orange shirt day but they don't make it a long week end like they do with Colombus day. this is just my opinion on this, please don't take this seriously if support Colombus.
gamora25년 이상I agree with but apparently Columbus was not a good person.
spyndera995년 이상100% agree, @baby_groot. I think that the truth is that yes, he did discover some things, but his story is overworked and warped, and he did not discover that the earth was round. I agree with celebrating Indigenous People's Day.
dancediva07085년 이상The Columbian dresses look pretty