Word: columbus
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More than 35 people gathered at the Peabody Museum yesterday to create a mural featuring colorful Native American designs and heighten awareness of what Columbus Day means to Native Americans...
Another message read, "The legacy of ~'discovery:' 1492--Columbus sails; 1992--Columbus Day Sales...
Flynn said the museum is organizing an exhibit called "Encounters with the Americas" that focuses not only on Columbus and other explorers but also on many early inhabitants of the continent. A large part of the exhibit, Flynn said, will relate to the experiences of the early Mayans and South American natives, whom he agreed were oppressed by early European settlers...
Instead of using Columbus Day to celebrateColumbus's "discovery," Farrar said the countryshould use the holiday to celebrate theconvergence of cultures that occurred in the 15thcentury...
CAPTION: Is the 500th anniversary of Columbus' voyage to America an event the country should celebrate...