The arrival of each holiday season in the U.S. brings the inevitable retelling, and mistelling, of the “first Thanksgiving.” Via history books, school plays and a beloved Charlie Brown special, […]

For many Native Americans, Thanksgiving is a day of mourning and protest, so they have developed their own events for that date

Native people have always creatively resisted the violence of assimilative schooling. For each historical period of U.S. Native school policy—missionaries, boarding schools, public schools—there are powerful examples of Native people who challenged harmful practices in education.

Since 1970, they have gathered in Plymouth to focus on the origins of Thanksgiving and to look at the issues that Native Americans face to this day.

Thanksgiving history taught in classrooms is often whitewashed. We asked Indigenous people what everyone should know about the holiday -- and how non-natives can be better allies.

As you sit down to eat Thanksgiving dinner this year, you may wonder where the holiday feast comes from. Though dishes like turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes and pumpkin pie are known as classic Thanksgiving foods today,