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Christopher Columbus was an Italian sailing with Spanish ships to a land inhabited by native Americans - called Indians because Columbus thought he had landed in India! Despite the confusion, the discovery changed the course of history.

Today, the American Indian is given equal time in many areas where Indigenous Peoples Day is celebrated. Who really discovered America? Join the fray as we celebrate both traditional and new ways to celebrate Columbus Day with stories and history lessons, arts and crafts ideas, clip art and interactive exhibits.

In fourteen hundred ninety-two
Columbus sailed the ocean blue.

Columbus Day - From the Holiday Zone, with fun arts and crafts ideas, songs and poems, with links to sites that celebrate Columbus Day with clip art and other crafts. Sites that celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day are given equal time, as well.

The Pinta, Nina, and Santa Maria - Corpus Christi Texas is the home of the replicas of these ships - donated to the US on the 500th Anniversary of their first arrival here.

Christopher Columbus and the Spanish Empire - The University of Calgary does a good job of presenting the facts in The European Voyages of Exploration.

The Columbus Navigation Homepage - Columbus and his voyages are the focus here. Methods of navigation, who really discovered America, interaction with native cultures and other questions about the tales of Columbus.

also see in Observances -> Native American Heritage Month

also see in Art & Culture -> Native American Art