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October 8, 2017

What is Columbus Day? Indigenous People's Day?




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  • 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)


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  • "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)