Thanksgiving - Fact or Fiction, Do Native Americans Celebrate Thanksgiving - and more on PowWows.com
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I literally just walked in the door a few minutes ago and I’m squeezing in a little work before I crash on the couch with Netflix tonight. It’s been a full few days.
We wrapped up our cruise on the brand-new Disney Destiny on Monday, then spent the afternoon and evening wandering around Walt Disney World. We hopped between Magic Kingdom and EPCOT and even bumped into two different families from our town, which was a fun surprise. This morning we hit the road and made the drive home, so now it’s all about catching up and settling back in.
Lots happening this week though. We’ll be live streaming from the Poarch Creek Pow Wow this weekend. You can watch it here: www.powwows.com/live
Like most of our history, it comes from miss-history and the fact that most people think of the Pilgrims as these “incredibly righteous people” who invited the “savage Indians” to their first Thanksgiving so that the “savages” would not starve. This is incorrect history and information.
In the annals of our past, misconceptions often cloud historical events, and one such instance is the narrative surrounding Thanksgiving. For years, the prevailing notion has revolved around the image of righteous Pilgrims extending a hand to the ‘savage Indians' during the inaugural Thanksgiving feast. Yet, this perception is steeped in inaccuracy and misinformation.
For the majority of non-native Americans, Thanksgiving is a time to think about things you are grateful for, eat far too much turkey, stuffing, and pumpkin pie, and relax in front of the TV to catch a football game.
When you think about the history of Thanksgiving what you know comes from early days in school. Your memories include tales of pilgrims and Indians sitting down together for a friendly feast.
Unfortunately, these stories are based more in fantasy than any true sense of what really happened all those years ago.
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