The Second full Week in October

Monday-Indigenous Peoples Day

Celebrating the indigenous people of the Americas. Explaining their Siberian roots and the reasons they
crossed into the Americas. Exploring their maritime exploration of the American Coast and settlement
of the Caribbean islands. Celebrating all native cultures from the Neolithic through 1491.

Tuesday-Leif Erickson Day

Celebrating Scandinavian and Polynesian cultures as well as other cultures with a deep connection to
the ocean. Those that discovered continents as a matter of course, not with financial motivation.

Wednesday-Zheng He Day

Celebrating the Chinese, Mali and Portuguese, as well as other cultures who developed large scale
maritime technology and industry. Also can lead into the next day with the Ming financial-industrial
revolution of the 15th century that jump started the global economy and led to Trans-Oceanic Voyages.

Thursday-Columbus Day

Celebrating Christopher Columbus as well as the others who explored the Trans-Oceanic Trade routes
and created settlements on the American coast. Such as, Hudson and Magellan. How did this global
connection change the cultures of America, Europe, Africa, China and others.

Friday-Lewis and Clark Day

Celebrating the explorations of America within America. Including the Lewis and Clark expedition, with
Sacagawea and York. As well as Daniel Boone, Stephen Bishop and Moncacht Ape.

Other Ideas

Silk Road

Trade along the silk road, an economic driver of exploration which predates the Ming financial-industrial
revolution. This includes Marco Polo and Ibn Battuta. Also the idea of the Hajj which influenced many
people including Zheng He to travel on a global scale.

Enslaved Migrants

Celebrating the people who came to this country against their will.