Raquel and Jennifer talk about the myths and truths about Thanksgiving as well as how we can redefine the day with an eye toward inclusion. Specifically, they discuss how to makeover the holiday into something that works for you and/or your family.

Long before the Europeans set foot on these shores, Native peoples gave thanks every day for all the gifts of life, and held thanksgiving celebrations and giveaways at certain times of the year. http://oyate.org/index.php/resources/43-resources/thanksgiving

Land Acknowledgement - https://land.codeforanchorage.org/

https://www.romper.com/p/9-ways-to-have-a-feminist-thanksgiving-yes-its-definitely-possible-1809

http://oyate.org/index.php/resources/43-resources/thanksgiving

https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/celebrate-indigenous-history-thanksgiving

https://www.powershift.org/sites/default/files/resources/files/rethinking-thanksgiving-toolkit.pdf

Native American Heritage Day - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Native_American_Heritage_Day - Native American Heritage Day is a civil holiday observed on the day after Thanksgiving in the United States. 

• Signed into law by President George W. Bush and introduced by a Democratic congressman from CA Joe Baca. 
• encourages Americans of all backgrounds to observe Friday, November 28, 2008, as Native American Heritage Day, through appropriate ceremonies and activities. It also encourages public elementary and secondary schools to enhance student understanding of Native Americans by providing classroom instructions focusing on their history, achievements, and contributions. 
• In addition to calling Thanksgiving the "National Day of Mourning,"[4] some Native Americans believe it is "poor taste" for Native American Heritage Day to be on Black Friday - "a day of excess and gluttony and greed and aggressive capitalism" - which itself "falls after a holiday that omits the murder and mutilation of Natives [in which they] mourn the [estimated] millions of indigenous people who died as a result of aggressive settler colonialism."[5]

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