Today, Oct. 8, is Columbus Day, and while many federal  offices are closed today, most local and state offices and schools remain open. In addition, some observe another holiday: Native American Day.

Though Native American Day is not an official holiday in Minnesota (it is in South Dakota), some celebrate it in place of -- or in opposition to -- Columbus Day.

The administrative offices of the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community are closed today in observance of Native American Day. 

Columbus Day is the annual U.S. commemoration of Christopher Columbus's landing in the New World on Oct. 12, 1492.

Those who oppose the holiday say Columbus and his followers treated American Indians cruelly and destroyed a large part of the Indian population upon arrival in America.

What do you think about Columbus? Should today's holiday celebrate him? Should Native American Day become an official holiday in Minnesota?