Columbus Day Genocide
Schools close and government employees get the day off.
Columbus day genocide. But exactly who and what are being celebrated. Holiday that commemorates the landing of christopher columbus in the new world on october 12 1492. Holiday that commemorates the landing of christopher columbus in the new world on october 12 1492. To celebrate columbus is to celebrate a legacy of genocide slavery rape and plunder.
For many the holiday is a. The defendants in the brief are leaders of the american indian movement who were charged for stopping a columbus day celebratory parade near the colorado state capitol building in denver colorado on october 12 1991. Columbus day is a u s. Historical evidence photo video history news.
Columbus day is a u s. Columbus day is a day of parades pageants and retail shopping bargains across the nation. The somber chronicle of the events that ended in the genocide of the peaceful arawaks of the caribbean islands is amply documented in columbus own letters and journals and in the pages of his most ardent admirer father bartolomé de las casas the great contemporary historian of the west indies who believed columbus had been divinely inspired to make the discovery. Culture and genocide in native north america common courage press 1994.
Native american advocates have pressed states to change columbus day to indigenous peoples day over concerns that columbus spurred centuries of genocide against indigenous populations in the americas. Columbus day parades some even predating the official holiday. 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. It was unofficially celebrated in a number of cities and states as early as the 18th century but did not become a federal holiday until the 1937.
Columbus day or genocide day.