Can we stop demonizing Christopher Columbus,he did nothing to native Americans. He never even made it to north America,he landed in the Caribbean twice, once in Hispaniola and once in the Bahamas.So he never saw a native American. My whole life I've heard the Vikings were here before Columbus, and we all know what the Vikings did. I don't see anyone tearing down Leif Erikson statues, in fact Oct 9th is Leif Erikson day. But you want to change Columbus day to indigenous people lets do 9th for Leif,the 10th for native people and the 12th for Columbus. Throw in the 11th 4day weekend.r we all hapy