I was greatly intrigued when Native Americans protested on Columbus Day and did not view it as a cause for celebration. From all my past readings in historical textbooks, Columbus has been described as a lover of the sea, who, as a little boy, dreamed of setting out to explore such broad extent some day. It was said that Columbus waited for six years, until the Spanish Queen Isabella gave him three ships. When the …showed first 75 words of 769 total…

…showed last 75 words of 769 total…holiday. Setting Columbus Day as a national holiday promotes historical lies that have been used throughout the ages to justify the genocides done against the innocent victims as a necessity for progress of civilization, and implying the idea that "might makes right". This is not exploring, and this is exactly what Christopher Columbus is recognized every October 11th for. Columbus was not a true explorer, but he was a conqueror of people. By Cynthia Yeh