Showing posts with label Columbus Day. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Columbus Day. Show all posts

Wednesday, October 12, 2022

Native Americans Fear Loss Of Indigenous Languages In US

Columbus Day

As Native Americans this week celebrated Indigenous Peoples Day -- the holiday increasingly recognized in the United States in lieu of "Columbus Day" -- members of the continent's hundreds of tribes shared a common concern: the ongoing extinction of their ancestral languages.

Monday, October 12, 2015

Columbus Day Still Generates Controversy as US Holiday

In the United States, October 12 is significant as the date explorer Christopher Columbus discovered the Americas.The achievement, which is commemorated on the second Monday of October, is a source of pride, particularly within the Italian-American community because Columbus was Italian. But for some the holiday is marked by controversy.