This Monday, the United States celebrates Columbus Day. The government established Columbus Day as a national holiday long ago to honor the Italian explorer Christopher Columbus. It recognizes his arrival in what Europeans called the New World in 1492. Today some U.S. cities and areas are moving away from honoring Columbus and instead celebrating the native peoples of North America. Wisconsin is one of the latest areas to declare the second Monday in October Indigenous People’s Day. Wisconsin’s governor said earlier this month that his state recognizes and thanks tribal nations and native people. The state has 11 recognized American Indian tribes.
Title: Who Really ‘Discovered’ America?
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3725/col.wav' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Who Really Discovered America?' data-article-id='4206'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='5375'>This Monday, the United States celebrates Columbus Day.</span> <span data-start-time='5375' data-end-time='17104'>The government established Columbus Day as a national holiday long ago to honor the Italian explorer Christopher Columbus.</span> <span data-start-time='17104' data-end-time='26938'>It recognizes his arrival in what Europeans called the New World in 1492.</span> <span data-start-time='26938' data-end-time='42375'>Today some U.S. cities and areas are moving away from honoring Columbus and instead celebrating the native peoples of North America.</span> <span data-start-time='42375' data-end-time='53438'>Wisconsin is one of the latest areas to declare the second Monday in October Indigenous People’s Day.</span> <span data-start-time='53438' data-end-time='65354'>Wisconsin’s governor said earlier this month that his state recognizes and thanks tribal nations and native people.</span> <span data-start-time='65354' data-end-time='71688'>The state has 11 recognized American Indian tribes.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' 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