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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, 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.’.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
We Native people have no reason to celebrate the arrival of the Pilgrims.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
I would say that, overall, people have become more aware that there's something wrong with the Thanksgiving myth and that there's this protest that happens every year in Plymouth, and that's reflected in our numbers. The first Is National Day of Mourning was about 150 to 200 people, which was actually pretty good for 1970. Now, we get between 1,500 and 2,000 annually. We also have a live stream so that people from all over the world can watch Is National Day Mourning.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
I think that they wanted a token Native, and I think that they were expecting him to sing the praises of the Pilgrims -- to thank them for bringing' civilization' to these shores, they said that he couldn't give that speech because it was too inflammatory and that they'd write him a new one. But he refused to have words put in his mouth.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
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