Daily Questions
2/28/17
What was Columbus's relationship with the indigenous people he encountered?
3/1/17
Why is there opposition to the Columbus Day Holiday and Columbus Day Parades?
How did Columbus view the indigenous people he encountered?
What was Columbus's relationship with the indigenous people he encountered?
3/1/17
Why is there opposition to the Columbus Day Holiday and Columbus Day Parades?
How did Columbus view the indigenous people he encountered?
What I learned, and want to know about.
After hearing and reading the story of Columbus I learned quite a few things that I previously had no knowledge of. This includes how he forced the indigenous people to fill up a gourd with gold dust in-order to pay tribute to the King and Queen, if the requirement of every 3 months wasn't met he would cut off their hands. Also how many explorers have previously set foot in the Americas way before Columbus's time, the explorers and from as far back as the ancient Romans and Norse times. A question I had about about this whole ordeal was: Where there people back in Italy that were against this whole expansion and, if so what did they do about it, of if they didn't do anything about it?
Why do American Indians oppose the Columbus day holiday?
"From an indigenous vantage point, Columbus' arrival was a disaster from the beginning"
"Unfortunately, the issue of Columbus and Columbus day is not easily resolvable with a disposition of Columbus, the man"
"Columbus Day is a perpetuation of racist assumptions that the Western hemisphere was a wasteland cluttered with savages awaiting the blessings of Western "civilization.""
'First, we are advocating that the divisive Columbus Day holiday should be replaced by a celebration that is much more inclusive and more accurately reflective of the culture and racial richness of the Americas."
"Unfortunately, the issue of Columbus and Columbus day is not easily resolvable with a disposition of Columbus, the man"
"Columbus Day is a perpetuation of racist assumptions that the Western hemisphere was a wasteland cluttered with savages awaiting the blessings of Western "civilization.""
'First, we are advocating that the divisive Columbus Day holiday should be replaced by a celebration that is much more inclusive and more accurately reflective of the culture and racial richness of the Americas."
Bartoleme de Las Casas
According to Bartolome de las Casas the way Columbus and his men treated the native people was horrific, They had no respect for them as people and didn't even come close to acknowledging their rights as humans
The Four Voyages
The First Voyage: 1492
- Thought it was 2-3,000 miles : actually 12,000 miles (between Spain and China)
- 3 ships
- Found the Tainos
- Founded the Island of Hispaniola
- Left 39 men behind on the island
The Second Voyage: 1493
- 24 days, 17 ships, 1200 men
- Goal: Colonization
- Striped the island of its resources
- Columbus became Governor of La Isabella
- Fought the native people
- Returned to Spain a rich man.
The Third Voyage: 1498
- 6 ships
- Great sea navigator
- Poor leadership skills on land
- Ruled by terror, public mutilations
- People turned against him, told king and queen of Spain
- Put into jail for his crimes, name is tarnished
The Fourth Voyage: 1502
- 4 ships, 30 men each.
- Had great knowledge of the winds
- Not allowed any of the wealth.
- Successfully survived a hurricane
- Reached the Panama crossing (the closest to Asia he will ever get.)
- Found gold
- Tried to convert natives to Christianity
- Fought with the native people
- Turned around, decided to head back to Spain
- Ships were sinking due to ship worm
- Marooned on Jamaica, close to Hispaniola
- Sent the clerk in a canoe to Hispaniola , didn't hear back for 8 months
- Half of his crew mutinied, tried to sail to Hispaniola, failed twice.
- Used a lunar eclipse to scare the natives into giving him more food.
- The rebels from his crew tried to take down Columbus's camp
- Help finally arrived after around 8 months.
- Many of crew members decided to stay on Hispaniola
- Had to pay a ship to take him back to Spain
- Came home a broken man, his name is disgraced.
- Thought it was 2-3,000 miles : actually 12,000 miles (between Spain and China)
- 3 ships
- Found the Tainos
- Founded the Island of Hispaniola
- Left 39 men behind on the island
The Second Voyage: 1493
- 24 days, 17 ships, 1200 men
- Goal: Colonization
- Striped the island of its resources
- Columbus became Governor of La Isabella
- Fought the native people
- Returned to Spain a rich man.
The Third Voyage: 1498
- 6 ships
- Great sea navigator
- Poor leadership skills on land
- Ruled by terror, public mutilations
- People turned against him, told king and queen of Spain
- Put into jail for his crimes, name is tarnished
The Fourth Voyage: 1502
- 4 ships, 30 men each.
- Had great knowledge of the winds
- Not allowed any of the wealth.
- Successfully survived a hurricane
- Reached the Panama crossing (the closest to Asia he will ever get.)
- Found gold
- Tried to convert natives to Christianity
- Fought with the native people
- Turned around, decided to head back to Spain
- Ships were sinking due to ship worm
- Marooned on Jamaica, close to Hispaniola
- Sent the clerk in a canoe to Hispaniola , didn't hear back for 8 months
- Half of his crew mutinied, tried to sail to Hispaniola, failed twice.
- Used a lunar eclipse to scare the natives into giving him more food.
- The rebels from his crew tried to take down Columbus's camp
- Help finally arrived after around 8 months.
- Many of crew members decided to stay on Hispaniola
- Had to pay a ship to take him back to Spain
- Came home a broken man, his name is disgraced.
People v. Columbus
After hearing the arguments from all sides I've come to the final conclusion of who's to blame for the crimes committed
35% Columbus
30% Columbus's men
20% The king and queen
14% The system
<1% The native people
Columbus and his men in my opinion are the major causes from the evidence provided. Columbus and/or his men at anything could have stopped and took a step back and saw what they were doing. The king and queen can be help accountable, they could of put their foot down, they also gave Columbus free reign, ships and a crew, nothing good usually happens when someone has that much power. The system also contributes to the mindset that Columbus and his men had going into the expedition, what was acceptable and what wasn't.
35% Columbus
30% Columbus's men
20% The king and queen
14% The system
<1% The native people
Columbus and his men in my opinion are the major causes from the evidence provided. Columbus and/or his men at anything could have stopped and took a step back and saw what they were doing. The king and queen can be help accountable, they could of put their foot down, they also gave Columbus free reign, ships and a crew, nothing good usually happens when someone has that much power. The system also contributes to the mindset that Columbus and his men had going into the expedition, what was acceptable and what wasn't.
Indigenous land rights
"The Minister may authorize the use of lands in a reserve for the purpose of Indian schools, the administration of Indian affairs, Indian burial grounds, Indian health projects or, with the consent of the council of the band, for any other purpose for the general welfare of the band, and may take any lands in a reserve required for those purposes, but where an individual Indian, immediately prior to the taking, was entitled to the possession of those lands, compensation for that use shall be paid to the Indian, in such amount as may be agreed between the Indian and the Minister, or, failing agreement, as may be determined in such manner as the Minister may direct." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Act
Canadian Aboriginal law is the body of Canadian law that concerns a variety of issues related to Indigenous peoples in Canada. Aboriginal law provides certain rights to land and traditional practices
The Royal Proclamation of 1763 is the foundation document creating special land rights for Aboriginal peoples within Canada
In Labrador, the Southern Inuit of NunatuKavut have been fighting for recognition of their Aboriginal identity and land claim for 25 years.
Issues with Native land, pipelines, and oil
Even today there are issues retaining to the native and their land. Its an ongoing battle of who get what land, and lots of different views have been shared on this subject. Looking at Canada specifically they are still struggling with these issues. Over many years Canada has written and changed quite a few acts that try to resolve the issue of land ownership, none of which completely solved the issue. Currently in Labrador, the southern Inuit of NunatuKavut are and have been fighting for 25 years for Canada to recognize their Aboriginal identity and land claims. Also in much of the native land is oil, and with oil come people who'd do anything to get at it.
Canadian Aboriginal law is the body of Canadian law that concerns a variety of issues related to Indigenous peoples in Canada. Aboriginal law provides certain rights to land and traditional practices
The Royal Proclamation of 1763 is the foundation document creating special land rights for Aboriginal peoples within Canada
In Labrador, the Southern Inuit of NunatuKavut have been fighting for recognition of their Aboriginal identity and land claim for 25 years.
Issues with Native land, pipelines, and oil
Even today there are issues retaining to the native and their land. Its an ongoing battle of who get what land, and lots of different views have been shared on this subject. Looking at Canada specifically they are still struggling with these issues. Over many years Canada has written and changed quite a few acts that try to resolve the issue of land ownership, none of which completely solved the issue. Currently in Labrador, the southern Inuit of NunatuKavut are and have been fighting for 25 years for Canada to recognize their Aboriginal identity and land claims. Also in much of the native land is oil, and with oil come people who'd do anything to get at it.
The Spanish Inquisition
orthodox church
catholic church
pope innocent II
pope Gregory IX - Started the Inquisition
The Spanish Inquisition was a group created for the purpose of weeding out the "fakers" those who said they have converted, but secretly still practice their religion behind closed doors. It was as simple as having 2 people accuse you of this treason for the Inquisition to hunt you down for questioning, and torturing. Though, today more information has come out about the Inquisition stating that they didn't use torture as much as people believe.(torture still happened, just not as much.) There are still a lot of myths about the Spanish Inquisition. much of the information we have were just myths spread by propaganda, which are currently being debunked by researchers studying the Inquisitions archives.
catholic church
pope innocent II
pope Gregory IX - Started the Inquisition
The Spanish Inquisition was a group created for the purpose of weeding out the "fakers" those who said they have converted, but secretly still practice their religion behind closed doors. It was as simple as having 2 people accuse you of this treason for the Inquisition to hunt you down for questioning, and torturing. Though, today more information has come out about the Inquisition stating that they didn't use torture as much as people believe.(torture still happened, just not as much.) There are still a lot of myths about the Spanish Inquisition. much of the information we have were just myths spread by propaganda, which are currently being debunked by researchers studying the Inquisitions archives.
The Dakota Access Pipeline
The DAPL has been the topic of lots of discussion in the past few years. The pipe which runs through not only the water supply of millions but, also religious and sacred land owned by the native people who live there. The U.S. army Crops of Engineering is claiming that the DAPL is one if the safest ways to transport oil in the U.S., that it's so far underground that no chance of it leaking into the water supply. They said the lake already has eight other pipelines running around it, so whats the problem with one more? They issued a statement saying; "We have great respect for the concerns of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and plan to continue to work with their leaders to address those concerns. Recently, their interests have been overtaken by politically-motivated, anti-fossil fuel protesters who are using this issue as a cover for their often violent and extremist efforts to cause disruption. Their actions deny private property rights and freedoms to the landowners who are near and adjacent to the Standing Rock Reservation and deny American citizens and businesses the energy they need to produce jobs and build a vital and healthy economy. The behavior by some of these extremist organizations is not only criminal but dangerous to themselves and others, and we join with law enforcement and others in asking them to obey the rule of law." Which if you do any research, you know its really ironic for them to say this..
The Sainthood of Queen Isabella
Should we make Queen Isabella a saint? Currently a lot of people still think so, I mean why not, right? She did so many good things. After Columbus's first journey when she was told that there were no riches to be had, out of the kindness of her heart she decided to save the native peoples souls from damnation. And when some of the natives were brought back to Spain as slaves, she told people not to take them as slaves.(yet there is no record of what happen to them when they got to Spain, but we just forget about that, I mean they were probably released and not still forced into slavery, right?) Isabella was a very religious person, prayed like everyday, devoted her life to the lord, shouldn't her loyalty be rewarded?
American Outrage
The unfair treatment of natives and their land is a very real and current issue, that effects Indians today. We saw a movie that showed one example of this specifically about 2 sisters and their battle against the government taking their land due to gradual encroachment. These peaceful Shoshone woman have had their land taken, their horses taken and killed, and been threatened by the authorities. The treatment of people like this makes me feel sad for us as humans. We can't even treat one another fairly and with respect and we've known each other since the beginning.
What rights do Natives have to their land?
Doctrine of Discovery
Monroe Doctrine
Manifest Destiny
Johnson and Grahams Lesse vs. McIntosh
1954 : Tee-Hit-Ton
Monroe Doctrine
Manifest Destiny
Johnson and Grahams Lesse vs. McIntosh
1954 : Tee-Hit-Ton
Denver Indian Center
The Denver Indian Center is a gathering place for a diverse group of peoples and tribes which a majority come from the Southwest, Northern, and southern plains. The space is used for lots of community gatherings such as Powwows, basketball, bead crafting, and lots of other activities. Their goal though all of this is to empower the youth, families, and their community by teaching them cultural identity and self-determination.
http://denverindiancenter.org/
http://denverindiancenter.org/
United Nations Declaration of the Rights of the Indigenous People
What rights are listed?
The right to the full enjoyment of human rights, The right to be free and equal to others, The right to self - determination, The right to their own political, legal, economic, social, and cultural differences, The right to live in freedom and peace, The right to not be subject to forced assimilation, The right to belong to an indigenous community or nation, The right to not be forcibly removed from their lands or territories, The right to practice their cultural traditions and customs, The right to establish control of their education systems, The right to dignity and diversity of cultures, The right to establish media in their own languages, The right to participate in decision-making in matters that affect their rights, The right to start and maintain their own political and economic systems and structures, The right to
The right to the full enjoyment of human rights, The right to be free and equal to others, The right to self - determination, The right to their own political, legal, economic, social, and cultural differences, The right to live in freedom and peace, The right to not be subject to forced assimilation, The right to belong to an indigenous community or nation, The right to not be forcibly removed from their lands or territories, The right to practice their cultural traditions and customs, The right to establish control of their education systems, The right to dignity and diversity of cultures, The right to establish media in their own languages, The right to participate in decision-making in matters that affect their rights, The right to start and maintain their own political and economic systems and structures, The right to
Why is it necessary to spell out these rights and have nations agree to respect them?
I believe that its necessary to spell out these rights because, the track record we have of stomping on and ignoring laws WE put in place.
I believe that its necessary to spell out these rights because, the track record we have of stomping on and ignoring laws WE put in place.
Slurs used to combat racism in provocative campaign
Francisco Vazquez de Coronado
HISTORY'S 9 MOST MURDEROUS EXPLORERS, RANKED BY HOW AWFUL THEY WERE: https://www.thrillist.com/travel/nation/columbus-pizarro-and-other-world-explorers-ranked-by-how-many-they-killed
- Led his expedition through the southwestern United States in search of the mythical golden city called Cibola
- Spanish king told him no mistreatment of the natives ( he didn't listen)
- would overreact to every threat and killed a huge number of natives
- was eventually found guilty for his crimes
Other sources :
http://www.biography.com/people/francisco-v%C3%A1zquez-de-coronado-9258086
http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/people/a_c/coronado.htm
http://www.history.com/topics/exploration/francisco-vazquez-de-coronado
- None of the websites said anything about the king telling Francisco to leave the natives unharmed
- He became the governor of an important Mexican province
- credited with the discovery of the grand canyon
- he never found the golden city
- married into wealth
- Led his expedition through the southwestern United States in search of the mythical golden city called Cibola
- Spanish king told him no mistreatment of the natives ( he didn't listen)
- would overreact to every threat and killed a huge number of natives
- was eventually found guilty for his crimes
Other sources :
http://www.biography.com/people/francisco-v%C3%A1zquez-de-coronado-9258086
http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/people/a_c/coronado.htm
http://www.history.com/topics/exploration/francisco-vazquez-de-coronado
- None of the websites said anything about the king telling Francisco to leave the natives unharmed
- He became the governor of an important Mexican province
- credited with the discovery of the grand canyon
- he never found the golden city
- married into wealth
Pretest compared
All that really happened was my answers got more extreme, being either strongly agree or strongly disagree. Less answers in the middle ground/neutral.
I think my answers got stronger because I was unsure about a lot of my answers, but after learning so much about the topics I feel a lot more confident in my opinions and answers.
The question that changed the most was: "Columbus was a brave man and a skilled navigator." this is because I really didn't know
much about the man, just what he did. During this class I learned about Columbus's background and what he did on his journeys.
I think my answers got stronger because I was unsure about a lot of my answers, but after learning so much about the topics I feel a lot more confident in my opinions and answers.
The question that changed the most was: "Columbus was a brave man and a skilled navigator." this is because I really didn't know
much about the man, just what he did. During this class I learned about Columbus's background and what he did on his journeys.
“Unfortunate, yes, but it was inevitable.”
To get to exactly where we are today, yes bad things needed to be done, do I agree with them, no. Do I believe that in order to progress as humans we need to crack a few eggs, no. We as humans, if we never did anything bad to one another I think we still would have evolved to the degree we have today, just in different ways.
The seventh Generation and Being a Good Ancestor
- care for land , water, and air.
- keep your language, keep your culture, and pass it on.
- take care of the earth mother
- make sure everyone lives a better life then the previous
- no long lasting damage to the land
- keep your language, keep your culture, and pass it on.
- take care of the earth mother
- make sure everyone lives a better life then the previous
- no long lasting damage to the land
Letter about Columbus day
The issue of Columbus day has been a struggle between proud Italian Americans and the Native peoples and activist groups. It’s a battle between patriotism and genocide. While I don’t think there is a way to make everyone happy (there never is) I believe that we can come to a compromise that listens to both sides, as long as we can get a few facts straight. Columbus did treat the natives very poorly and may be it accidental, did consequently cause a large number of natives to die (genocide), can we all agree to that? As for that natives and activist groups stopping and blocking the way for parades depending on how you look at it, and the context of the situation is a stopping of free speech (in my opinion). A thing we can all agree is a core and very important part of what we call “ America”. In no way am I comparing these based on severity, i'm simply pointing out things that we can talk about, understand, and come to an agreement on. After all, nobody's perfect.
I understand where each side is coming from. The Italian-Americans are showing and being proud of their culture, and people are trying to shut it down, this feels like an attack on your culture. Were as the navies are trying to tell them that the man they have decided to put up on a pedestal caused their people great harm and suffering and shouldn’t be praised, which also feels like an attack on your culture. Both sides are just trying to show and celebrate their unique cultures,
My solution to this problem (i'm not saying this is the best or only way of resolving this issue, i'm simply saying what i’d do if I was in charge and got to address this issue) would be to keep the holiday, but change the name to cultural awareness/celebration day. This way it's not tied to the name Columbus. Yet if you really believe that Columbus is a man worth to be remembered, you can celebrate him all you want. If you find Columbus a horrid man, forget about him and celebrate your own culture or just enjoy the day off.
I understand where each side is coming from. The Italian-Americans are showing and being proud of their culture, and people are trying to shut it down, this feels like an attack on your culture. Were as the navies are trying to tell them that the man they have decided to put up on a pedestal caused their people great harm and suffering and shouldn’t be praised, which also feels like an attack on your culture. Both sides are just trying to show and celebrate their unique cultures,
My solution to this problem (i'm not saying this is the best or only way of resolving this issue, i'm simply saying what i’d do if I was in charge and got to address this issue) would be to keep the holiday, but change the name to cultural awareness/celebration day. This way it's not tied to the name Columbus. Yet if you really believe that Columbus is a man worth to be remembered, you can celebrate him all you want. If you find Columbus a horrid man, forget about him and celebrate your own culture or just enjoy the day off.