Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2016
Abstract
The origin of the American Thanksgiving is attributed to a harvest feast held in 1621 in Massachusetts with the Wampanoag Indians and the Plymouth colonists. Part of the story-telling of the ‘first’ feast is the recognition that without the help of Native Americans the early settlers would not have made it. The celebration is linked to the role Native Americans played in a romanticized U.S. story. What is omitted from the story’s re-telling is how the white settlers and the U.S. government went on to systematically displace, kill, and destroy Native American peoples, their cultures and their lands.
Recommended Citation
Morse, MaryKate, "A 21st Century ‘Thanksgiving’ Story: The Dakota Pipeline Water Protectors" (2016). Faculty Publications - Portland Seminary. 218.
https://digitalcommons.georgefox.edu/gfes/218
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Originally published at https://missioalliance.org/21st-century-thanksgiving-story-dakota-pipeline-water-protectors/