Columbus Day Or Indigenous Peoples' Day? The Debate Rages On

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Columbus Day celebrates the anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the Americas (Credit: Dioscoro Puebla / Public domain/Wikipedia.org)

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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  • fopavazefecyzy
    fopavazefecyzy5년 이상
    I think people should be able to celebrate what they believe in but I think indigenous peoples day because, Columbus didn't really do anything. Columbus and the men that were with him enslaved a lot of these Native Americans that lived on the land. He treated them horrible with no respect at all. Christopher Columbus should not have a holiday. He was not nice to the people that lived on the land. He took there land and made it his own by giving it his own name too!
    • mayaxmercury
      mayaxmercury5년 이상
      i think indigenous day should be celebrated because they 'discovered' america and he wasn't a good person and wasn't good to the natives.
      • em_troisi10108
        em_troisi101085년 이상
        i dont think we should have a hiolidal after him
        • albertr19
          albertr195년 이상
          I think that Christopher Columbus was a very important figure in life!
          • sokeefe_forever
            sokeefe_forever5년 이상
            Maybe, but taking the Natives as slaves wasn't right!
          • gold3nglare
            gold3nglare5년 이상
            1. The Vikings technically found America first. (Leif Ericson) 2. Christopher Columbus mistreated and murdered innocent Native Americans 3. Columbus wasn't even looking for America in the first place. He was looking for India
            • kittypuppy11
              kittypuppy115년 이상
              This is an interesting topic?😕
              • tukatihu-160212674898
                tukatihu-1602126748985년 이상
                I think Columbus day should not be celebrated because the native Americans had been there for thousands of years before he got there, and he killed hundreds of them for no apparent reason other than he disliked them. he is just cruel and should not get his own holiday. I think Columbus day should be replaced with indigenous people's day.
                • number15
                  number155년 이상
                  I think it should be indigenous people day.
                  • ilovecats999
                    ilovecats9995년 이상
                    I don't know why there's a Columbus day because he killed a lot of native Americans and stole their land
                    • vapyzune-160250579108
                      vapyzune-1602505791085년 이상
                      Christopher did not find America there was all ready natives, and he murdered many inocent people. Also, he did nothing good ecept get lost

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