Thankstaking 2022

As America settles in to yet another Thanksgiving Holiday-Black-Friday-Sale-Extravaganza, some of us still ask ourselves, how are Indigenous American children to understand a holiday which commemorates the betrayal of their ancestors’ generosity? Why do even unitedstatesian American Indian nonprofits continue to push the settler mythology of pilgrims and Indians celebrating native bounty, consciously ignoring the massacres this holiday truly honors?

Instead why not honor the call to recognize this as a uniquely unitedstatesian National Day of Mourning? To learn more visit: Marcos Aguilar…