It seems many places in America are over Christopher Columbus. Native American groups and others are continuing their push to change “Columbus Day” to “Indigenous Peoples’ Day.”
And their efforts are being noticed. Last year, city officials in Seattle changed the name of Columbus Day to Indigenous Peoples’ Day. This year, several other cities followed suit.
Many historians and Native Americans blame Columbus for exploiting resources, introducing disease and enslaving indigenous people. (Video via Bio)
Some estimate up to 95 percent of the native population in the Americas were wiped out following Columbus’s discovery and the European invasion that followed.
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