Lost at Sea: What Columbus Day Reveals About the Story America Tells Itself
The true story of Columbus Day, the backlash to Indigenous truth, and the last gasps of myth.
America’s story doesn’t begin with truth. It begins with a man who was lost, who was wrong, and who was brutal—and who we turned into a hero.
What does that say about the story we’ve built, about the myths we choose to honor, and about the kind of people we claim to be?
As Banned Books Week closes and Indigenous Peoples’ Day dawns, it’s hard not to see th…
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