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The biography of an american holiday by james baker who was a researcher at plimoth plantation this changed during the progressive era 18901920.

Thanksgiving verses in the new testament. Many native american people do not celebrate thanksgiving day as it is observed in america. Thanksgiving has never been a celebratory holiday in my family. Thanksgiving as we have come to know it originated from a massacre.

The complexities of the thanksgiving holiday in america stretch back through history to the earliest days when it had nothing to do with pilgrims or native americans at all. I find it ironic and sad that thanksgiving and native american heritage month have been braided together in the month of november. In the first celebration of this holiday the wampanoag tribe not only provided the food for the feast but also the teachings of agriculture and hunting corn beans wild rice and turkey are some specific examples of foods introduced by native americans.

There are more myths we unknowingly reproduce but these are the unsettling truths. Acknowledging the history of the holiday that we cherish is important as it acknowledges the existence of native people. Now in its 50th year the custom involves a few hundred native americans and allies gathering near plymouth rock to consider.

While for most americans thanksgiving day is for feasting football and giving thanks for native americans it is a reminder of dead ancestors racial slurs still being worn on football jerseys. Every year on the fourth thursday of november americans celebrate the national holiday of thanksgiving. Though feasts of thanksgiving date as far back as the first christian explorers in north america the first thanksgiving is often associated with the feast shared between the wampanoag native americans and european settlers at plymouth plantation in 1621.

Whenever my family did cook we always gave thanks that all the native americans werent wiped out when columbus discovered america. When george washington suggested that people practice gratitude it was not for the reasons that it morphed into rather quickly. I never understood why my family was so against thanksgiving.

Thanksgiving as a holiday originates from the native american philosophy of giving without expecting anything in return. Thanksgiving is a time for gratitude. Thanksgiving day is a reminder of the genocide of millions of native people the theft of native lands and the relentless assault on native culture says the united american indians of new england.

For native peoples thanksgiving comes not once a year but always for all the gifts of life.