[Magdalen] Indigenous People Day.

[Jay Weigel]

I got nothing for Columbus. He didn't discover anything and was responsible
for a lot of outrages perpetrated on native Caribbean tribes. He was also
the first of an awful lot of exceedingly ill-behaved Spaniards and
Portuguese conquistadors who committed worse outrages. To say nothing of
the other white folks that followed. The indigenous people deserve at least
one day of their own. They don't get much else.

On Mon, Oct 12, 2015 at 4:37 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:

>
> A couple more USA cities have adopted this approach to what has been
> the USA holiday of Columbus Day (= October 12, Christopher  Columbus
> birthday).
>
> The change over to either "Native American Day" or "Indigenous People
> Day" seems to be gaining momentum.
>
> My personal feeling is that the two observances somehow need to be
> combined.
>
> I remember well the Liturgy at the National Cathedral on October 12,
> 1992 - the 500th anniversary of the first Columbus voyage - which
> was billed as "The 500th Anniversary of the Survival of the Native
> Americans."  It's hard to forget the sound of tom-toms and ankle
> bells of Indian dancers from the four cardinal points converging on
> the nave altar.
>
> YMMV.
>
>
>
> David Strang.
>