Lukol Directory: Society: Holidays: Columbus Day: Opinions

Goodbye Columbus
A native perspective on the legacy of Columbus and his crew.
http://www.indians.org/welker/byecolum.htm

Columbus Meets the Native Americans
Contends that the so-called discovery of the New World was nothing more than a takeover and that Columbus should not be honored.
http://violettespage.com/columbus.shtml

Columbus Day - The Great Lie
Essay argues that Columbus Day should not be celebrated, comparing Columbus to Hitler.
http://math.nmu.edu/~lhanson/PowderKeg/PK7...

Abolish Columbus Day
Online petition requesting that Congressional Representatives rename "Columbus Day" to "First Americans Day."
http://www.petitiononline.com/fadoct/petit...

Indigenous People's Opposition to Celebration and Glorification of Colonial Pirate Christopher Columbus
Press release in opposition to Columbus Day, by the American Indian Movement.
http://www.aimovement.org/moipr/columbus-o...

Columbus: Was He a Hero or a Villain?
Opinion piece from the Chico State University newspaper explains why the school chose not to observe Columbus Day.
http://orion.csuchico.edu/Pages/vol39issue...

A Faithful Response
A formal response issued by the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA to the 500th anniversary of the arrival of Christopher Columbus.
http://www.indians.org/welker/faithful.htm


Related Topics:
Society: Ethnicity: The Americas: Indigenous: Native Americans: Issues and Activism
Society: Issues: Race-Ethnic-Religious Relations



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