The "discovery" of a land where 550 tribes already lived means invasion. Were indigenous people "invisible"? Thought of as non-people? The "discovers" viewed them ambiguously, as "innocent," just part of the landscape of the "new land," or as "horrid savage: to be conquered. The latter view prevailed which meant they had to be "exterminated" It is fitting therefore that "Columbus Day" in some states and cities is now "Indigenous Peoples Day."
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