Most Americans revere Thanksgiving as a time to be with loved ones, a final harvest festival that connects most Americans in a spirit of common national identity. To have a day that brings Americans together in a time when we are so divided seems to be a really good thing. Sadly, and tragically, Thanksgiving is not celebrated by most Native peoples in the United States. While the Pilgrims and the local Wampanoag people celebrated in Massachusetts in 1621, exactly 400 years ago, this was for many the beginning of a painful history for indigenous peoples.
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