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TBA

(825 posts)
Fri Nov 16, 2018, 04:11 PM Nov 2018

Thanksgiving - *Sigh*

I have no known Native ancestry.

After I read "An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States" I had sworn off Thanksgiving.

I would like to hear from those that are Indigenous how they feel about the holiday.

Thank in advance...



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Thanksgiving - *Sigh* (Original Post) TBA Nov 2018 OP
Thanks for mentioning this book. murielm99 Nov 2018 #1
It is hard to read. TBA Nov 2018 #2

TBA

(825 posts)
2. It is hard to read.
Sat Nov 17, 2018, 08:08 AM
Nov 2018

Those quaintly depicted Colonists were genocidal terrorist. ISIS has NOTHING on them.

And after they annihilated a Native community, they would hold a feast of thanksgiving, likely eating the stolen food of the dead natives.

This scenario was repeated up and down the east coast. They would have likely failed at establishing the early colonies were it not for the ransacking of Native towns for food, supplies and land to cultivate.

That’s my take after reading the book.

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