Rethinking Thanksgiving
This Thanksgiving, we hope that you will join us and take time to learn about and reflect on the true history of the holiday. Native communities have many special and diverse traditions to give thanks and celebrate togetherness. Read through our collection of articles and videos below to learn more about these traditions, the history of Thanksgiving, and how you can start to decolonize the holiday.
Articles and Blog Posts:
Understanding Thanksgiving from Our Side of the Table (First Nations Development Institute)
Celebrating Thanksgiving through Gratitude and Generosity (by Joshua Arce, Partnership with Native Americans)
How to Decolonize Your Thanksgiving Dinner (by Javier Cabral, VICE)
The Thanksgiving Tale We Tell Is a Harmful Lie. As a Native American, I’ve Found a Better Way to Celebrate the Holiday (by Sean Sherman, TIME)
This Thanksgiving, Make These Native Recipes From Indigenous Chefs (by Garin Pirnia, HuffPost)
Teaching Thanksgiving in a Socially Responsible Way (by Amanda Morris, Teaching Tolerance)
Decolonizing Thanksgiving: A Toolkit for Combatting Racism in Schools (by Lindsey Passenger Wieck, Medium)
Video Resources:
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From the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian exhibition “Americans” which highlights the ways in which American Indians have been part of the nation’s identity since before the country began.
Cut invites people from different groups to weigh in on one word–and their responses show us just how complicated and unique we all are. We invited Native Americans to respond to the word “Thanksgiving.” These are their responses.
Thanksgiving is a great holiday, but the whole story we’re taught in school about Pilgrims and Native Americans is basically, just WRONG. Everything from the Native Americans and Pilgrims being best friends, to the outfits the Pilgrims actually wore, down to even the eating Turkey is based on loose half-truths and propaganda.
By Colleen|November 23, 2020|Uncategorized|Comments Off