Columbus Day 2024 Controversy. There are three main sources of controversy involving his interactions with the indigenous people he labeled “indians”: European settlers not only introduced new diseases to the americas that wiped out scores of indigenous people, but also warfare, colonization, enslavement, and torture.

There are three main sources of controversy involving his interactions with the indigenous people he labeled “indians”: A restaurant group in ohio is boycotting the 2024 olympic games because of a scene in the opening ceremony they called an insult to christian faith.