Decolonized thanksgiving

"The antidote to feel-good history is not feel-bad history, but honest andinclusive history," sociologist James W. Loewen writes in "Lies My TeacherTold Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong."The feel-good history most of us have learned about Thanksgiving depictsgrateful Pilgrims breaking bread with Indigenous people. The honest, inclusivetruth is a lot more complicated than that. Indeed, so much of Indigenouspeoples' history is a footnote in textbooks: the forced…

When my great, great grandmother Anna was just 16 years old, she and her sister said goodbye to their parents, their community, and their homeland, then boarded a boat in Norway destined for America. I wonder what she thought about on that journey across the sea at such a young age. Was she fearful, hopeful–both? … Continue reading Decolonizing Thanksgiving

Experience Karlos Baca's family recipe that tells the tale of the foodscapes in his homelands.

Stories told about the first Thanksgiving often perpetuate harmful stereotypes and erase the true history of the early encounters between Native communities and colonizers.

Many white Americans have been fed the same tale about Thanksgiving our whole lives - that it's a celebration of peace, survival, collaboration, perseverance, and adaptability. We were handed a story that is so alarmingly false that it could only benefit and sustain the interests of white colonialism & supremacy. I mean, let’s not dance around it anymore, right? Although Abraham Lincoln declared Thanksgiving a national holiday in 1863, he shouldn’t be considered an icon for Indigenous…

Alternative Thanksgiving ideas for kids that respect the accurate history and experience of Native American and Indigenous people.

Here’s what Sunyatta Amen, a 5th-generation master herbalist and descendant of the Algonquin Nation people, wants you to know about the holiday.

This lightly spiced baked custard is a perfect recipe for Thanksgiving or a delicious taste of the past.

A colorful recipe for wild rice pilaf that's full of mushrooms, chestnuts, and dried fruit.