# Columbus Day v Indigenous People's Day v Leif Erikson Day

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**Created:** [October 11, 2021, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/columbus-day-v-indigenous-peoples-day-v-leif-erikson-day/952323 "2021-10-11T21:56:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![Max\_S](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2021, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/columbus-day-v-indigenous-peoples-day-v-leif-erikson-day/952323/363 "2021-11-10T15:18:14Z")

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> [@Kimstu](#):
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> Sure, but they’re also part of US history. I don’t see why you’re so hung up on putting all these complex intertwined entities into tidy mutually exclusive categories.

“Tidy mutually exclusive categories” is the very nature of categorization - the explicit purpose of distinguishing _U.S._ history from other history.

~Max

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