Seasonal Greeting: Rethinking Thanksgiving: Recognizing the real past and giving thanks to the gift of Mother Earth's abundance

Abstract

While most people celebrate Thanksgiving, many Native Americans pause for a National Day of Mourning. Their National Day of Mourning represents the truth of Thanksgiving. Most people in the U.S. were taught that Thanksgiving is when “the Pilgrims and Indians celebrated” which isn’t true at all. Yet the myth of the first Thanksgiving is still taught in schools and passed on in homes.