One of the 1,000 Idle No More protesters who gathered on the Ambassador Bridge in Windsor, Ontario, last January and blocked traffic for several hours. (photo: Geoff Robins/AP)
27 November 14
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many of us, thinking about Thanksgiving makes us think of the First
Thanksgiving between the Indians and the Pilgrims. There are many
versions of this story though, but many of us know the one we are taught
in school. In 1621, America would have their very first Thanksgiving
Dinner between the two different groups. Today it is celebrated on the
fourth Thursday in November.
The very first Thanksgiving was to celebrate a treaty
between the pilgrims and the Indians. This was a large feast that had
enough food to feed everyone for weeks. On the table was foul such as
geese, turkey, swans, duck, etc. There was also lots of meat, vegetables
and grains provided by both the Indians and the pilgrims. Everyone had a
wonderful celebration, and certainly a wonderful meal. The Native
Indians even signed a paper stating that the pilgrims had the right to
Plymouth.
Thanksgiving to the Native American Indians may not
mean the same thing that it did to the white settlers in American
History. To the Indians, Thanksgiving would mean a totally different
thing. This was the beginning of their end - a time where they had given
up their land in return for gifts that were full of disease - which
would kill many of them later down the road.
The White settlers would see this as a friendship
being started, knowing that without the help of the Native American
Indians, they would never have survived the rough winter. It was a time
of celebrating with family and friends and being thankful they were
still around to do it. Today, we celebrate it with our own family with
turkey, yams and ham.
Thanksgiving will always be remembered as a time when
the Native American Indians and Pilgrims sat at a long table and ate
together, sharing everything they had with one another.
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