Re-Thinking Thanksgiving: The Complete Story of an American Holiday

Much of what people 'know' about Thanksgiving is actually a blend of fiction, myth and history that has become widely accepted as truth. But the events of what we call "the First Thanksgiving" are nothing like our traditions today. And the creation of the holiday has little to do with the feast that took place in 1621 between the English settlers at Plymouth that arrived on the Mayflower and the Wampanoag people.

This three-part series was written by Perry Ground for the NYNPA NIE program. This content is free to all NYNPA member publications. There would be small copyright fee for any others seeking to reprint. Contact Mary Miller for more information.

Mr. Ground is a Turtle Clan member of the Onondaga Nation of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy.  Perry has been a storyteller and educator for over 25 years and enjoys working with students of all ages to teach about the history & culture of Native Peoples.

Re-Thinking Thanksgiving features Student Worksheets Historically authetic reinactment photo courtesy of Plimoth Plantation, www.plimoth.org

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