Columbus Day
In 2021, became the first U.S. president to recognize Indigenous Peoples' Day officially.
Who is President Biden?
The Niña, the Pinta and the Santa Maria
What were the names of the 3 ship used by Columbus to "discover" America?
Believing that they landed in India the indigenous people were named this.
What are Indians?
The monarchs of Spain Ferdinand and Isabella did this for Columbus.
What is finance his voyage west across the Atlantic Ocean?
The second Monday in October as a day to honor these peoples', their “resilience and strength”.
What are Native Americans?
On August 3, 1492, Columbus set sail from Spain to find this.
What is an all-water route to Asia?
The son of a wool merchant, is believed to have been born in Genoa, Italy, in 1451.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
Minnesota, Alaska, Vermont and Oregon – have already replaced this day with Indigenous People’s Day.
What is Columbus Day?
Thousands of Taino “Indians” were shipped to Spain to be sold as this.
What are slaves?
Leif Erikson was a Viking and the 1st European to do this.
What is land on the North American continent?
Indigenous peoples first proposed the idea at a United Nations conference in this year in the 70's to address discrimination.
What is 1977?
Smallpox, measles and influenza
What are the diseases that decimated the Tainos?
Columbus came upon indigenous people that he labeled this.
What is Indians?