Today I discuss the dark history behind this holiday and why it, for many Native American households, is a day of mourning. HAPPY NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH 🧡! SOURCES: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/thanksgiving-myth-and-what-we-should-be-teaching-kids-180973655/ The Smithsonian Magazine: “The Myths of the Thanksgiving Story and the Lasting Damage They Imbue” By Claire Bugos. November 26, 2019
https://www.insider.com/history-of-thanksgiving-2017-11 Insider: “The true story behind Thanksgiving is a bloody one, and some people say it's time to cancel the holiday” By: Áine Cain and Joey Hadden. November 24, 2020.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/21/us/thanksgiving-myths-fact-check.html The New York Times: “Everything You Learned about Thanksgiving is Wrong” By: Maya Salam. November 21, 2017.
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/national-museum-american-indian/2017/11/23/everyones-history-matters-and-wampanoag-indian-thanksgiving-story-deserves-be-known/ The Smithsonian Magazine: “Everyone’s history matters: The Wampanoag Indian Thanksgiving story deserves to be known” By: Lindsay McVay. November 22, 2017.
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/11/25/the-invention-of-thanksgiving The New Yorker: “The Invention of Thanksgiving” By: Philip Deloria. November 18, 2019.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qy1tvor1mRw NowThisNews Youtube: “The Harsh Truth About Thanksgiving | NowThis” November 28, 2019.
https://www.npr.org/2021/11/25/1059262045/the-mashpee-wampanoag-want-you-to-know-the-full-history-behind-thanksgiving NPR. All Things Considered. “The Mashpee Wampanoag want you to know the full history behind Thanksgiving” By Ayen Bior and Jonaki Metha. November 25, 2021.
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/pequot-massacres-begin History: “Pequot massacres begin” By History Editors. May 24, 2022.
http://www.columbia.edu/~lmg21/ash3002y/earlyac99/resources/Pequots/pequottl.htm Colombia
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Wampanoag Britannica. “Wampanoag People” By: Britannica’s editors. September 21, 2022
https://mashpeewampanoagtribe-nsn.gov/culture Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe Official Site. “A Strong Culture” By: Jessie Little Doe Baird.
https://time.com/5911943/thanksgiving-wampanoag/ Time. “400 Years After the ‘First Thanksgiving,’ the Tribe That Fed the Pilgrims Continues to Fight for Its Land Amid Another Epidemic” By:Olivia B. Waxman. November 23, 2020.
https://www.mptn-nsn.gov/tribalhistory.aspx Tribal Nation. “The Mashantucket (Western) Pequot Tribal Nation”
