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Question: So, since there is distinctive proof that Christopher Columbus didn't DISCOVER America!.!.!.!?
And that the Native Americans where there first!.!.!. Why the hell do we have Columbus Day!?
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She wrote an essay and still can't answer the question correctly, what does that tell you about her teachers, Leave your 20th century sentimentality out of historical discussions!. You have to approach history thinking as they thought back then, not using your knowledge of the day to pass judgment on the past!.

I am 3/16th American Indian and my ancestors were not saints either, they regularly took captives and made them slaves, married multiple wives, made war upon weaker opponents and stole their lands and other such things which show that we are not the poor peace-loving peoples who were destroyed by the whites!. Bad things have happened to us by the hands of others, but we have also done things which can be considered bad to other people!. The facts are simple, when cultures collide either the weaker culture is destroyed, assimilated or driven back from the stronger culture!. This is what has happened in the Americas, in Europe, in Africa, and in Asia from time immemorial!. The native cultures of the various indian tribes were not strong enough to stave off the European culture that took over the Americas!. We tried invading other cultures further west of us and were able to do so for awhile until the European cultures continued west!. At that point we fought and we had the choice of extermination or assimilation!. Assimilation is the better course then death!.!.

Now, as to the question at hand!. The reason that Columbus is considered the discoverer of America is because the KNOWN world at that time did not know of the existence of the Western Hemisphere!. Therefore, when he made his trip west to reach the far east, he landed in the Americas and DISCOVERED it for the known world!. Therefore, he is the person that is honored as discovering the Americas!.

In reality, the vikings knew of the new world long before the supposedly more knowledgeable European cultures!.

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A lot of people are now calling it Indigenous People's Day!.

Columbus was an ***!. He and the other European settlers came to the continent, wiped out massive groups of Native Americans, aggressively tried to Christianize them, and eventually forced them into reservations!. He was a tyrant, and doesn't deserve a holiday!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Ive always wondered why americans celebrate columbus day!. Its always seemed to me the equivalent of germans celebrating Hitler dayWww@QuestionHome@Com