However, what was originally intended to be a celebration of the brave men who originally set foot on this great nation, has now become a breeding ground for intense controversy. ... This is because Columbus had set up permanent two-way commerce between Europe and the "New World." Many people also give Columbus praise for proving that the world really is round and not flat. However, by this time most people had already believed that the world was round, and those who didn't were the exception to the rule (Zinn, 2). ... Almost from the exact moment Columbus landed in the New World, he and ...

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He says that although progress has brought us material wealth it has also brought us spiritual losses by distancing us from the natural world. He is basically saying that wilderness has inherent value in its natural state, that without it "we are committed wholly, without chance for even momentary reflection and rest, to a headlong drive into our technological termite-life, the Brave New World of a completely man-controlled environment (147)." ...

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Many of the people in the United States today view Thanksgiving and the discovery of the "New World" by Columbus as a milestone to the development of this Nation. ... Many young braves agonized because of their hair lose (Lakota Woman, 1990). ... Many children, not surprisingly, had an extremely difficult time adjusting to their new surroundings, and runaways were a common problem facing administrators (Lakota Woman, 1990). ...

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