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Indigenous People’s Day was created as a counter-celebration to Columbus Day. However, it “should not be observed on the day meant to recognize Columbus. He raped, stole from and murdered Indigenous people. Having colonized people share a day of remembrance with their colonizer is nonsensical; all are forced to share a day with someone who incited torture and sickness upon their ancestors” (El Paisano). Timeline and Origin 1977: The idea is first proposed at the International NGO Conference on Discrimination Against Indigenous Populations in the Americas held in Geneva, Switzerland, under the auspices of the United Nations. 1990: South Dakota…

Hi everyone. Welcome back to Bibliophilia Book Reviews. In this post, I am making a list of books written in Spanish America (or Hispanic America) that are currently on my TBR. Some of these books I read a long time ago during college, but it’s been long enough that I don’t remember much about them. And to celebrate Hispanic Heritage month this year, I thought it’d be fun to let you know about these books in case you too feel like picking them up. Here we go! Argentina Rayuela por Julio Cortázar (1963); Hopscotch (1966) by Julio Cortázar Originally published…