Columbus Day Debate
Debate over christopher columbus day indigenous people s day continues.
Columbus day debate. Christopher columbus is one of the most well known people in history. Facebook twitter email linkedin reddit pinterest. 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.
In the year 1990 the state of south dakota officially renamed this day to native americans day to shift the focus and honour indigenous peoples of south dakota. There shouldn t be a debate. Debate continues as some call for columbus day to be changed to indigenous peoples day kerri corrado boston whdh as some celebrate columbus day others are demanding the holiday be changed. But when a group of berkeley calif residents asked the city to change columbus day to indigenous peoples day in 1992 then mayor loni hancock said it was the first time she d really understood.
10 2020 8 05 p m. In 1992 berkeley in california held the first indigenous. It s a long holiday weekend for people across connecticut but there is still plenty of debate over the holiday. This person on debate org says many may argue that columbus doesn t deserve to be celebrated and that he is a killer and rapist but what you call home today is because of columbus which can be true but leif ericson discovered the americas 500 years prior so someone other than christopher columbus new there was more than just one land out there.
Columbus day which is commemorated annually on the second monday in october has been a us federal holiday since 1934. Beginning in 1991 dozens of cities and several states have adopted indigenous peoples day a holiday that celebrates the history and contributions of native americans rather than columbus. His famous voyage in 1492 opened the door to a long period of european exploration and settlement in the americas. 10 12 2015 10 37 am et updated oct 12 2016 puerto rico old san juan christopher columbus statue in plaza de colon as most of us know there is no reason on the planet for the united states to observe at least two of its holidays columbus day and thanksgiving.
Columbus day is a us federal holiday that commemorates christopher columbus. As columbus day arrives debate over stamford statue remains unresolved oct.