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Karen33405
Karen33405:

The pic below was posted by a Wire friend and it made me think, especially this time of year and the political and societal climate we’re in.

The world is not perfect, certainly not now.

But we should reflect on the things we have and be thankful for.

Sometime in our lives and/or our ancestors’, someone lent us a helping hand.

Whenever possible, we should give back. Pay it forward.

Have a Happy and Safe Thanksgiving.
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WarriorMouse
WarriorMouse: Happy Thanksgiving
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TwistedGoddess
TwistedGoddess: Happy Thanksgiving
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XSilverFox20X
XSilverFox20X: Happy Thanksgiving Karen!!
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jzuma1
jzuma1: Americans killed natives
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jzuma1
jzuma1: The slaughter of a whole native tribe
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TwistedGoddess
TwistedGoddess: The settlers yes they killed our ancestors
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Luviissa
Luviissa: Karen xx
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TwistedGoddess
TwistedGoddess: But I'm thankful that we can be friends and learn about each other. With out them the colonists would have died.
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jr__
jr__: Karen Thank you for such a nice and timely post.
For me, and probably many others, it's much more difficult to want to gripe and complain about things when a 'from the heart' effort is made to be thankful.
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RubyAdams
RubyAdams: This is very thought provoking.

I'm part Native American Choctaw - have to say, there wasn't one "native" tribe or group here before the European invasion. There were over 500 nations - separate languages, customs, lifestyles...

The first Thanksgiving lasted three days and was between the Europeans and the Wampanoag (not sure how to spell that) ... that history has very little to do with Choctaw history. We walked the Trail of Tears and were relocated to Oklahoma- in fact, "Oklahoma" is a Choctaw word - There is much more resentment for President Andrew Jackson than there is for the Mayflower.

The displacement, murder, and treatment of Native American nations is very similar to how the Palestinians were and are treated. Not trying to be political but I have much empathy for Palestinians.
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Karen33405
Karen33405 in reply to RubyAdams: Ruby, it's happened in so many places in the history of mankind. It's unfortunate.
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attydallas3
attydallas3: Actually, was reading something the other day that said our "traditional" Tday fare is very much not what the Pilgrims and Indians enjoyed that first Tday .. I won't mention what they ate here, but suffice to say we would probably find it not quite that enjoyable of a meal .. &:-) Paul
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RubyAdams
RubyAdams: They are what was available - remember they were near the shore and woods. Eels, shellfish, deer, wild turkeys, there was probably a pumpkin pudding (not pie), and all the veggies that could be gathered.

I wrote an article for preschool aged children about the First Thanksgiving... it was published in a magazine called "Wee Ones." There were also many games and contests.
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Luviissa
Luviissa in reply to RubyAdams: Thank you for posting Ruby hun, great posts
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willowmoon16
willowmoon16: Rudy I would not complain a bit if instead of a turkey the American Indians served boiled lobster and quahogs of the half shell. Mmmmmmmmm.
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