
On Thanksgiving…
by Paula Palmer
On Thanksgiving –

Mashpee Wampanoag powwow, 1924, Mashpee Historical Commission
“Myths of the First Thanksgiving,” a 50-minute podcast with David Vanderhoop, Wampanoag native and co-founder, with his wife Saskia, of Sassafras Earth Education; and David Silverman, professor of Native American and Colonial American History at George Washington University. He is author ofThis Land is Their Land: The Wampanoag Indians, Plymouth Colony, and the Troubled History of Thanksgiving.
“The Invention of Thanksgiving,“ by Phiip Deloria, professor of history at Harvard University. Some of his books are Playing Indian, Indians in Unexpected Places, and American Studies: A User’s Guide, coauthored with Alexander Olson.


“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, author of The Sioux Chef’s Indigenous Kitchen
Learning Opportunities
November 16-30 Vision Maker Media and World Channel present a series of Indigenous Films, “Tribal Sovereignty and Home” in honor of Native American Heritage Month
Sunday, Dec. 6, 3-5 pm MOUNTAIN time, “Roots of Injustice, Seeds of Change: Toward Right Relationship with Native Peoples,” workshop via Zoom. Experience the last 500 years of the history of our country through the experience of the Indigenous nations, the Euro-American colonizers, and Western historians. Appropriate for high school students and adults. Please register in advance.
Good News
In Peaceways, the Friends Peace Teams November 2020 newsletter, learn how FPT contributes to nonviolent movements for racial justice and decolonization around the world, including in the U.S. through the Toward Right Relationship with Native Peoples program. To support our work, please donate online (select Toward Right Relationship), or send a check to Friends Peace Teams-TRR, 1001 Park Ave., St. Louis MO 63104 (please write TRR on the memo line). Thank you, Friends.