Rather than a celebration of prosperity between Native Americans and Pilgrims, Thanksgiving is shadow of genocide and the resilience of Natives.

Supporters of Native Americans pause following a prayer during the 38th National Day of Mourning at Coles Hill in Plymouth, Mass., on Nov. 22, 2007.

"Mino-Miigwechiwigiizhigad" means Happy Thanksgiving in Ojibwe, but for many Native Americans, it is a sad, frustrating occasion.

— Before they're served piles of turkey and pie, kids often hear the story of the first Thanksgiving – how Pilgrims and native Americans came together to feast and count their blessings.

PLYMOUTH, Mass. — Thanksgiving is nothing to celebrate for Native Americans, who are gathering in the town where the Pilgrims settled for a solemn National Day of Mourning observance. Thursday ...

Many Native Americans never heard of Thanksgiving until they were sent to boarding school ...

While Americans are celebrating Thanksgiving, Native Americans show a different side to the day by commemorating their ancestors who were killed. On the 50th Anniversary of the Day of Mourning ...

The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade on Nov. 26, 2020, featured a land acknowledgment, a traditional rattle song and a blessing honoring people of Native American tribes historically based in the ...

Do American Indians Celebrate Thanksgiving? How do Native Americans make peace with a national holiday that romanticizes the 1621 encounter between their ancestors and English settlers, and erases ...

Members of Native American tribes from around New England are gathering in the town where the Pilgrims settled for a solemn National Day of Mourning observance.

It’s the 48th year that the United American Indians of New England have organized the event on Thanksgiving Day. Moonanum James, a co-leader of the group, says native people have no reason to ...