In more and more places, it’s "Happy Indigenous Peoples' Day!" I know, it used to be called something else. Christopher Columbus landed in the wrong place, bringing disease and ushering in slavery. He was hailed as a discoverer, until protests from Native Americans and others ended that particular celebration in many communities. (Here’s a little background.)

The falling fortunes of Columbus, who died an outcast, proves that history is an evolving thing. Just ask Magellan (not only did he NOT sail around the world, that wasn’t his real name). Or Leif Erikson, who beat Columbus to America by centuries.

History works and flows all kinds of ways, occasionally discovering a long-neglected area. Take a