The Myth of Thanksgiving: Native American Perspectives on The Pilgrims

The Myth of Thanksgiving: Native American Perspectives on The Pilgrims

By Orion on Fri, 11/26/2021 - 8:44am |

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Many New England tribes view Thanksgiving as a day of mourning

Members of Native American tribes from around New England are gathering in the seaside town where the Pilgrims settled — not to give thanks, but to mourn Indigenous people worldwide who've suffered centuries of racism and mistreatment.

Thursday's solemn National Day of Mourning observance in downtown Plymouth, Massachusetts, will recall the disease and oppression that European settlers brought to North America.

"We Native people have no reason to celebrate the arrival of the Pilgrims," said Kisha James, a member of the Aquinnah Wampanoag and Oglala Lakota tribes and the granddaughter of Wamsutta Frank James, the event's founder.

"We want to educate people so that they understand the stories we all learned in school about the first Thanksgiving are nothing but lies. Wampanoag and other Indigenous people have certainly not lived happily ever after since the arrival of the Pilgrims," James said.

"To us, Thanksgiving is a day of mourning, because we remember the millions of our ancestors who were murdered by uninvited European colonists such as the Pilgrims. Today, we and many Indigenous people around the country say, 'No Thanks, No Giving.'"

https://www.npr.org/2021/11/25/1059212893/native-american-tribes-are-gathering-in-plymouth-to-mourn-on-thanksgiving

Sauanto may be buried under a Cape Cod ~~parking lot~~ golf course

The life and mysterious death of Squanto, whose remains may now lie under a Cape Cod golf course.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2021/11/25/squanto-death-murder-golf-course/

Squanto may have been poisoned by members of his own tribe

by rmrd0000 on Fri, 11/26/2021 - 11:04am

The myth of peaceful Native Americans.

The Indian tribes along the Florida panhandle had no problem enslaving a shipwrecked Spaniard (Cabeza de Vaca) every one.

But still nicer than Aztecs.

by PeraclesPlease on Fri, 11/26/2021 - 6:37pm

This is why I love Dagblog. You guys are on my wavelength. I didn't post this necessarily because I agree 100 percent but because I found the topic interesting. I just became familiar with Cabeza de Vaca recently. I'm not sure why more of that history hasn't been discussed more often. Really interesting stuff there:

by Orion on Sat, 11/27/2021 - 6:00am

Not that a bit of slavery compares to a centuries-long genocidal war celebrated by Chile's epic poem, La Araucana.

https://www.britannica.com/event/Araucanian-wars

by PeraclesPlease on Sat, 11/27/2021 - 6:40am

The Spanish mission was to conquer Florida.

The Spanish Christians had the same morals as the Native Americans, the supposed heathens.

It is not taught because it would make white children feel bad.

by rmrd0000 on Sat, 11/27/2021 - 9:45am

Are u getting a sad on?

by PeraclesPlease on Sat, 11/27/2021 - 11:52am

Thanks for the humor

Students who enroll in classes that include anti-racism and diversity education have a higher rate of graduating and attending college.

Ethnic studies increases longer-run academic engagement and attainment

Anti-racist curricula and teaching methods are a potentially potent way for schools to better promote a just society and improve educational outcomes for low-income students and students of color. Ethnic studies (ES) courses in K–12 schools are an increasingly common and prominent example of such culturally relevant and critically engaged practice. Proponents tout the benefits of ES for increasing student engagement and academic outcomes, yet there is little causal evidence supporting these claims. In this study, we use a preregistered regression-discontinuity research design to identify the longer-term impacts on educational attainment and engagement of being assigned to an ES course in grade 9. We find that assignment to ES substantially increased high school graduation, attendance, and the probability of enrolling in college.

https://www.pnas.org/content/118/37/e2026386118

by rmrd0000 on Sun, 11/28/2021 - 10:01am

Do you have humor on your planet? If so, is it ever used in common situations or just saved for formal celebrations and holidays?

by PeraclesPlease on Sun, 11/28/2021 - 10:58am

Why won’t Biden say Radical Critical Race Theory?
— Steven, Cholula basted turkey (@FullTimeNYDad) November 27, 2021

May be a new reckoning, like the one Obama had

De ja Vu. https://t.co/ygYU3MYNe4
— RandomDough (@JoshuaMackPhoto) November 26, 2021

by PeraclesPlease on Sat, 11/27/2021 - 1:28pm

[...] In January 1675, Christian Indian John Sassamon warned Plymouth Colony that Philip planned to attack English settlements. The English ignored the warning and soon found Sassamon’s murdered body in an icy pond.

A jury made up of colonists and Indians found three Wampanoag men guilty for Sassamon’s murder and hanged them on June 8, 1675. Their execution incensed Philip, whom the English had accused of plotting Sassamon’s murder, and ignited tensions between the Wampanoag and the colonists, setting the stage for war [....]

from

King Philip’s War @ History.com, Dec. 4, 2020

That was more than 50 years after the first "thanksgiving" celebration. 50 years.

by artappraiser on Sat, 11/27/2021 - 3:16pm

More on the abolitionist history of Thanksgiving https://t.co/thfluUcOlg
— Daniel Silliman (@danielsilliman) November 24, 2021

Chancellor of DC public schools shares resources to decolonize Thanksgiving, including link to instructing readers to “use terms like genocide, ethnic cleansing, stolen land, and forced removal”.

Closes by wishing “joyful start to holiday season.” https://t.co/BuY3W8ibDx pic.twitter.com/wVMIlfE8A9
— Wesley Yang (@wesyang) November 24, 2021

by artappraiser on Sat, 11/27/2021 - 5:04pm

Also see, from Smithsonian's National Museum of Afro-American History & Culture:

During Reconstruction, Thanksgiving was embraced by Black families—with many dishes linked to the food of slavery, and some representing the glory of freedom.

Learn more about #Thanksgiving food traditions: https://t.co/KbkgLl0Mpe #APeoplesJourney pic.twitter.com/ox0GtUbA68
— Smithsonian NMAAHC (@NMAAHC) November 25, 2021

by artappraiser on Sat, 11/27/2021 - 6:31pm

Facts on Native Americans in the US:

The population nearly doubled since 2000
Nearly 1 in 6 Native Americans identify as Cherokee
Navajo Nation is the youngest tribal grouping

See more data. https://t.co/ToQZIvJD0V
— USAFacts (@USAFacts) November 15, 2021

by artappraiser on Sat, 11/27/2021 - 6:38pm

The Myth of Thanksgiving: Native American Perspectives on The Pilgrims

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