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  1. soulcompromise

    soulcompromise Member Lifetime Supporter

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    I was telling my fiance about our Thanksgiving.

    The perception is changing, but it's really traumatic!

    We didn't live in harmony with indigenous America - at all!

    My fiance is not from America, and so I told her we have a holiday. She will immigrate, and to allow her personal context, love, and commitment to her future as a civillian/citizen of the world; and later this country, I explained.

    Thanksgiving is changing! Teachers will tell you... their curriculum is upside down! In the last few years (perhaps the last 20 - admittedly, not paying close attention... :rolleyes:) the way we talk about indigenous culture has sharpened. And we realize - ****. We stole the whole freakin' thing!

    Well, the good news is tribal nations forgive us... They get it - we were more advanced, we came, and we thought we'd enlighten them.

    Does that make it right, and is it excusable?

    We'll see. Maybe not, but there's no turning back - and I think they know that. So we acknowledge them, though not as well as perhaps we should.

    Indigenous people day follows Thanksgiving - mark your calendar...

    EDIT! i'm totally wrong! Indigenous People's Day is not in November. At all! :D

    It's actually Native American Heritage Day - similar, but different. Noted below...

    Carry on! ;)
     
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    soulcompromise, Nov 25, 2021
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    This is the article I shared with my fiance: The Way American Kids Are Learning About the 'First Thanksgiving' Is Changing

    It mentions Aberham Lincoln, so I told her he was a lawyer (if memory serves he was! so was Obama...) and showed her this depiction:

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    The reason? Lincoln was the one to make Thanksgiving official in the United States of America.

    Thanksgiving Proclamation, 1863
     
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    Nope you missed it.
    A Proclamation on Indigenous Peoples' Day, 2021 | The White House
     
    Candy Gal, Nov 25, 2021
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    Oh!

    My bad... :grimacing:

    The Friday following Thanksgiving Day of each year is Native American Heritage Day. In 2020, the holiday falls on Nov. 27.

    That is not the same thing... both important, but you're totally right - I have my holidays mishmashed...

    :worried:
     
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    soulcompromise, Nov 25, 2021
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    That is OK.
    DO not forget a new thread for that. xxx
     
    Candy Gal, Nov 25, 2021
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    arizonacook, Nov 25, 2021
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    i actually think that takes the place of "culumbus day"
     
    arizonacook, Nov 25, 2021
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    :tearsofjoy::tearsofjoy::tearsofjoy::tearsofjoy:
     
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    I think you're right.

    This one is the day after Thanksgiving - not Indigenous Peoples but Native American Heritage day.
     
    soulcompromise, Nov 25, 2021
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    Food coma! :astonished:
     
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    Sooo full!
     
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    Weird Al ignoring the Macy's Day Parade

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    Turkey not taking any sass from young girl

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    Stupid bird !!! - has just determined to commit Hari Kari and be chosen for the pot.
     
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    Happy Black Friday! Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving! Now it's time to start focusing on Christmas! :confused:

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    my husband posted the same thing on his FB yesterday
     
    arizonacook, Nov 26, 2021
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    It does seem to be making the rounds
     
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