D AY O F I N D I G E N O U S R E S I S TA N C E

S PA N I S H W O R D S W I T H I N D I G E N O U S R O O T S

UNA VAINA BIEN SPANISH

C H R I S T O P H E R C O L U M B U S D I D N ’ T D I S C O V E R “ A M E R I C A … ”

There were already people living in the “discovered” territory. People with rich cultural practices, histories, languages, customs, and societies. For this reason we don’t celebrate Columbus, a lost navigator who simply

stumbled upon a place he thought was somewhere else…

A N D W H O ’ S F I R S T T H O U G H T U P O N M E E T I N G T H E N AT I V E I N H A B I TA N T S

W A S T H I S …

– C H R I S T O P H E R C O L U M B U S ( F R O M H I S P E R S O N A L J O U R N A L )

They do not bear arms, and do not know them, for I showed them a sword, they took it by the edge

and cut themselves out of ignorance. They have no iron. Their spears are made of cane. They would

make fine servants. With fifty men we could subjugate them all and make them do whatever

we want.

D AY O F I N D I G E N O U S R E S I S TA N C E

Instead, we honour and celebrate the Indigenous people who continue to persist,

exist, and resist in the face of attempted genocide and annihilation. We honour and celebrate their many cultural, architectural,

linguistic and culinary contributions to AMERICAN culture.

T H E F O L L O W I N G A R E F O U R T E E N “ S PA N I S H ”

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