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"The Myths of the Thanksgiving Story and the Lasting..." Topic
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Tango01 ![Supporting Member of TMP Supporting Member of TMP](boards/icons/sp.gif) | 21 Oct 2023 4:56 p.m. PST |
… Damage They Imbue "In Thanksgiving pageants held at schools across the United States, children don headdresses colored with craft-store feathers and share tables with classmates wearing black construction paper hats. It's a tradition that pulls on a history passed down through the generations of what happened in Plymouth: local Native Americans welcomed the courageous, pioneering pilgrims to a celebratory feast.
But, as David Silverman writes in his new book This Land Is Their Land: The Wampanoag Indians, Plymouth Colony, and the Troubled History of Thanksgiving, much of that story is a myth riddled with historical inaccuracies. Beyond that, Silverman argues that the telling and retelling of these falsehoods is deeply harmful to the Wampanoag Indians whose lives and society were forever damaged after the English arrived in Plymouth…"
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Stryderg ![Supporting Member of TMP Supporting Member of TMP](boards/icons/sp.gif) | 21 Oct 2023 9:37 p.m. PST |
Usually, when one society 'arrives' in another society's area, stuff gets damaged. Kind of the way things have worked for a long time. Not great, but it's what we've got. |
Tango01 ![Supporting Member of TMP Supporting Member of TMP](boards/icons/sp.gif) | 22 Oct 2023 3:16 p.m. PST |
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Shagnasty ![Supporting Member of TMP Supporting Member of TMP](boards/icons/sp.gif) | 23 Oct 2023 7:30 a.m. PST |
Yep. Wait till the Space Aliens show up publicly. |
79thPA ![Supporting Member of TMP Supporting Member of TMP](boards/icons/sp.gif) | 23 Oct 2023 12:38 p.m. PST |
All history taught in school is over simplified. There is too much history and not enough time to teach it. Native American groups also tend to forget about their conquest and enslavement of other tribes. It's human nature to do so. Pumpkin pie with whipped cream sounds better than small pox, in my opinion. |
Tango01 ![Supporting Member of TMP Supporting Member of TMP](boards/icons/sp.gif) | 23 Oct 2023 3:37 p.m. PST |
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