Día de la Resistencia Indígena
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The Día de la Resistencia Indígena (Spanish for "Day of Indigenous Resistance") is the current name for the October 12 official holiday in Venezuela, known as Día de la Raza and Columbus Day in other countries across the Americas.
The holiday originally commemorated Columbus's discovery of the Americas, but this offended many indigenous people due to the mass deaths that resulted from the spread of European diseases, as well as their oppression at the hands of European conquerors. The new Day of Indigenous Resistance thus commemorates Native American resistance to the oppression.
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