COLUMBUS DAY

One Native American's opinnion

As you read this, Columbus Day will have passed. But it is never too late to air a grievance.

Columbus Day is usually celebrated by Italian-Americans to commemorate their heritage. They don’t have Italian-American Heritage month, many don’t have a day off for the most part, and they even have to share the holiday with the Hispanic Americans. That is all ok, since the air is free and both cultures have something in common, America.

My problem is every time I look around; someone says: “Hold on, the Vikings discovered America!” Then they go into these long stories and lay out ‘facts’ for their argument.

Here is my question: why isn’t Minnesota further east of where it is? If the Vikings discovered America, how come there are no Viking artifacts? Surely there would have been a Native American who witnessed it. And how about this-the rest of Europe had no idea the Vikings discovered anything, other than Norway, Sweden or Finland, and sometimes Denmark as sounded as A in neighbor and weigh.

Now in fourteen hundred and ninety two

Three ships sailed out to sea.

The Nina, and the Pinta and the Santa Marie.

And as they sailed the stormy seas that mad historic day

From way up in the crow’s nest you could hear Luigi say:

Please Mr. Columbus, turna the ship around

Take me back I wanna to feel my two feet on the ground,

Eh why you tella Isabella that the world is round?

Please Mr. Columbus turna the ship around.

Now Chris took out his mandolin and he began to play

They sung and dance the tarantella until the break of day

They ate up all the provolone and drank up all the wine,

But still up in the crow’s nest you could hear Luigi cryin’

Please Mr. Columbus, turna the ship around

Take me back I wanna to feel my two feet on the ground,

Eh why you tella Isabella that the world is round?

Here is what would have happened in America if the Vikings did discover America. Viking deli’s, Viking restaurants, and NO PIZZA!