Claims about Columbus being Sephardic have bubbled up for decades. Early in the 20th century, some immigrant groups hoped proving ties to him would improve their own social standing.
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Many US states and cities have renamed Columbus Day as Indigenous Peoples Day. But wrestling over the explorer’s legacy has a longer – and even more fraught – history in Latin America.
The Requerimiento, a 16th-century document, sheds light on the deeper ideas and laws that the Spanish used to take over the New World.
Popular culture often describes scalping − the forceful removing of a person’s scalp − as an indigenous practice. But white settlers accelerated this form of violence against Native Americans.
Given Italian history, U.S. descendants of Italian immigrants have reason to reject their association with Columbus and stand in solidarity with indigenous groups as they reclaim their histories.
For Indigenous Peoples Day, a scholar of Native American studies explains why understanding the tragic history of Indian boarding schools is important for healing to take place.
A growing number of states are recognizing Indigenous Peoples Day on what has traditionally been Columbus Day. An education scholar weighs in on what this means for America’s schools.
Renaming a national holiday to celebrate Native culture is one thing, but many Indigenous peoples are looking for greater recognition of the land grab that deprived them of ancestral homes.
The long history of celebrating Christopher Columbus discovering America is being challenged by indigenous voices and perspectives.
The official celebration of Native Americans represents the fruits of a decades-long effort.
Christopher Columbus’ 1492 voyage was really a journey into the unknown. Centuries of conventional wisdom had conditioned him to believe that bizarre beasts and ‘monstrous men’ would be awaiting him.
As debates over protests during the national anthem continue to rage, two scholars examine how legal and moral battles over the merits of patriotism in public schools have been playing out for years.
On Indigenous Peoples’ Day, a Native American scholar explains why water means more than just sustenance for life and how it’s the place of the divine.
An anthropologist tells the story of how Columbus actually came close to falling into historical obscurity, until American hubris got in the way.
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Curator of Caribbean Archaeology, University of Florida
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Professor of Education, Bowdoin College
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Department Chair and Professor of Philosophy, Rochester Institute of Technology
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Associate Professor of History and Jewish Studies and Chair of the Sephardic Studies Program, University of Washington