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October 8, 2017

What is Columbus Day? Indigenous People's Day?

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News Stories

Columbus Day? Not in Seattle. It’s Indigenous Peoples’ Day

Activists have started a petition on the White House website urging Obama to change the name of Columbus Day to Indigenous Peoples’ Day

A Mysterious Light Gleamed as Columbus Drew Near (10-7-12)

Leif Erikson has the last laugh as Columbus Day fades (10-10-11)

Was Christopher Columbus on a religious crusade? (10-4-11)

Teachers present more balanced view of Columbus Day (10-11-09)

Is Columbus Day Sailing Off the Calendar? (10-10-09)

Columbus Day: A Working Holiday? (10-9-09)

Glenn Morris: Why Activists are Challenging Columbus Day in Colorado (10-6-06)

Who's That Guy? Without Robes, Grand Marshal Is Mystery (10-11-05)

The State Of Columbus Day 2005 (10-10-05)

Audio/Video

"The Last Voyage of Columbus": An Epic Tale (Audio/NPR) (8-28-05)

Charles Mann's"1491" (Audio/NPR) (8-21-05) xx

Articles & Excerpts

William Loren Katz: This Is What We Are Celebrating on Columbus Day. It's Ghastly (10-11-14)

William Marina: Was Columbus a Jew? and Other Tales of Political Un-Correctness in American Textbooks (10-12-05)

Timothy Furnish: Is Gavin Menzies Right or Wrong? (3-13-03)

Guenter Lewy: Were American Indians the Victims of Genocide? (1-22-07)

Roderick T. Long: Ward Churchill and Columbus Day (2-13-05)

Jim Loewen: Top 10 Worst Historical Sites in the United States (2-9-02)