Don't you think American Indians should have a national holiday?

yes and a whole lot more.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=il5hwpdJMcg

http://reconsidercolumbusday.org/-.html

this is not a celebration of a great man. columbus was a sadistic murderer along with his soldiers. his own peers even said so. the accounts of his atrocities against the indigenous people made its way back to spain and when he returned after one of his voyages, he was put in chains and thrown in prison for his crimes.

this is not someone who should have parades in his honor or anything else. he should be remembered for the genocidal maniac he was.

from the site:

Do you really want to celebrate the legacy of a man who committed heinous crimes against the Indigenous people of the Caribbean and throughout the Americas?

This is not just about history. This is still a relevant issue today.

By honoring Columbus with a federal holiday, our government continues to vehemently insult Native Americans

and perpetuates a philosophy of racism and domination.

So please....on October 12th...

Please speak up, take a stand, and help eradicate Columbus' name from the federal calendar.

Take the day to honor the people who were really here first by petitioning for a nationally recognized Indigenous holiday.

Take the day to pray for those around the world and right here in our own country who are victims of exploitation and racism.

columbus day should be changed to a national day of atonement in which the politicos discuss what we can do to end discrimination against native peoples and help rectify our government's horrible policies toward them past and present.

oh my gosh yes! I totally agree with you!

I also want to make Sept. 11th a national holiday!

I agree 100% And they need to get rid of Columbus Day while they are at it.

Yes I do.

I think they should, I'm surprised they don't yet!..