NATIONAL DAY OF MOURNING. Statement from a Wampanoag Tribe Member - TopicsExpress



          

NATIONAL DAY OF MOURNING. Statement from a Wampanoag Tribe Member (1970) Today is a time of celebrating for you -- a time of looking back to the first days of white people in America. But it is not a time of celebrating for me. It is with a heavy heart that I look back upon what happened to my People. When the Pilgrims arrived, we, the Wampanoags, welcomed them with open arms, little knowing that it was the beginning of the end. That before 50 years were to pass, the Wampanoag would no longer be a tribe. That we and other Indians living near the settlers would be killed by their guns or dead from diseases that we caught from them. Let us always remember, the Indian is and was just as human as the white people. Although our way of life is almost gone, we, the Wampanoags, still walk the lands of Massachusetts. What has happened cannot be changed. But today we work toward a better America, a more Indian America where people and nature once again are important. THE REAL STORY OF thanksgiving by Susan Bates (PDF) >> ow.ly/folG4 THE PLYMOUTH “thanksgiving” STORY by Chuck Larsen (PDF) >> ow.ly/folEf INTRODUCTION FOR TEACHERS “thanksgiving” by Chuck Larsen (PDF) >> ow.ly/folIl
Posted on: Thu, 28 Nov 2013 18:26:48 +0000

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