Columbus Day 2025 Controversy. The purpose of columbus day is to commemorate the italian explorer’s october 12, 1492 arrival to the americas. Columbus day has long been celebrated without controversy, but opponents have recently raised concerns about his impact on native americans.
Some states and localities even “replace” columbus day with another holiday such as indigenous people’s day or native americans’ day. Although columbus day celebrations have been cast in a controversial light as of late because of the disenfranchisement and death of native americans by european settlers during the colonization period of the new world, it is also.