I think Jane Hyatt Yolen doesn't endorse Columbus Day for many reasons.
To begin with a reason why Yolen doesn't endorse Columbus Day because Christopher Columbus did such bad things as carring Tainos to Spain as slaves. Yolen learned that Christopher Columbus set the spanish flag on the uninhabited island because he had to claim the beautiful little green island for his king and queen and country where the Tainos live. Yolen knows Christopher Columbus was a mean guy.
Secondally, Yolen learned that Christopher Columbus called the tribespeople "Indians" mistaking of India because he thought he was in India. Yolen knew that Christopher Columbus wrote in his journal that were "well made", with fine shapes and shapes.
Finally, the island were colonized by the spanish, native religions languages, and lifestyles were changed forever.
More than 50 years later, less than 500 Tainos remained. Now there are no Tainos alive.
Does Yolen tinks Christopher Columbus is evil to the Tainos?
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