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In this second Thanksgiving episode, April and Tracie dig in to the unpleasant truths behind the myths of Thanksgiving. April recounts some of the deep sadness and loss she feels around missing knowledge and culture from her Native ancestors, while Tracie reflects on the holes in her education around the oppression of Native people.

Content warning: we discuss the genocide and oppression of Native American people, as well as rape and sex slavery in the context of American history.

Resources mentioned or recommended:
More on Leonard Peltier
The Native people at the first Thanksgiving were Wampanoag. Read more from historian David J. Silverman about other details your elementary school left out or got wrong.
Learn more about native land acknowledgement.
To find the names of the peoples whose ancestral land you inhabit, check out Native-land.ca.
Tracie inhabits Susquehannock land. 

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Discussion and reflection questions:

1. What in this episode is new for you? What have you learned and how does it land?
2. What is resonating? What is sticking with you and why?
3. What, if anything feels hard? What is challenging or on the edge for you?
4. If relevant. what feelings and sensations are arising as you reflect on themes from this episode, and where in your body do you feel them?
5. What key insights or strategies are you carrying forward and how do you want to weave them into your living and/or leadership?