/tags/christopher-columbus Christopher Columbus en-US SAąúĽĘ´«Ä± Mon, 14 Oct 2024 13:00:00 GMT /americas/2024-10-14/columbus-who-decolonizing-the-calendar-in-latin-america Since 1937, the U.S. has observed the holiday on the second Monday of the month, commemorating the explorer’s 1492 arrival in the New World. It remains a federal holiday, even as many states and cities rename it “Indigenous Peoples Day,” rejecting Christopher Columbus as a symbol of imperialism. Mon, 14 Oct 2024 13:00:00 GMT /americas/2024-10-14/columbus-who-decolonizing-the-calendar-in-latin-america Elena Jackson Albarrán | The Conversation /commentary/2021-10-07/its-time-to-dump-columbus-day-and-make-it-beringia-day-to-celebrate-what-we-are COMMENTARY Beringia's crossing, not Columbus' voyage, evokes humanity’s arrival in the New World — and more important, what being the New World means. Thu, 07 Oct 2021 13:01:35 GMT /commentary/2021-10-07/its-time-to-dump-columbus-day-and-make-it-beringia-day-to-celebrate-what-we-are Tim Padgett