While the notion of a day to symbolize thanks may sound beneficial, it is important to educate ourselves about the facts relating to the “first Thanksgiving feast.” There is a chilling history that is often overlooked in the U.S. We must examine the details from an alternative perspective and acknowledge that the making of our country came at great expense to the Native people who lived here. And there are continuing implications of these atrocities to this day.

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