Thanksgiving Stories Kinde

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Thanksgiving?

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What do you think of during Thanksgiving?

What do you think of during Thanksgiving?

pilgrims

Turkey

cozy weather

native americans

lots of food

pumpkin pie

gourds

parades

being Thankful

relaxing

fall/autumn

family and friends

tall hats and shoe buckles, feather headbands

leaves falling

football

Do these pictures remind you of Thanksgiving?

Do these pictures remind you of Thanksgiving?

What about these pictures?

What about these pictures?

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Did you know that there can be multiple stories?

The Wampanoag Story of Thanksgiving is one of sadness and loss, even though they tried to help the Pilgrims survive.

Wampanoag History

• The Wampanoag were the first group of people to encounter the Pilgrims on the Mayflower
• In 1614, 20 of their people were kidnapped by Thomas Hunt, who tried to sell them to Spain as slaves
• From 1616-1619, many of the different Native American tribes including the Wampanoag people got sick and passed away from the diseases brought to the country by the Pilgrims
• The English colonizers used Thanksgiving as a way to celebrate taking Wampanoag land, people, resources, and lives
• Even though people thought the Indigenous people and Pilgrims were friends that helped each other in hard times, that is not the truth for the Wampanoag

Wampanoag People

Wampanoag music and dance

Dancing and singing are very important in the Wampanoag culture. In this video, you will see that the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe use dancing, singing, and instruments to tell a story. This one is about how important the tobacco plant is for medicine, culture, and spirituality. The dancers even pose to make their bodies into the shape of a tobacco pipe. The dancers and musicians use different instruments. What instruments can you see and hear? They even have special clothing called regalia that they wear for certain dances. What materials do you think they use for their clothes and props?

Wampanoag People

Wampanoag People

Wampanoag People

What they eat depends on where they live

• If someone lived closer to the forest, what food do you think they would eat?
• What if they lived close to the ocean or river?

Thank you!

Sources

• Menjivar, J. (2019, November 25). Truthsgiving: The true history of Thanksgiving. DoSomething.org. https://dosomething.org/article/truthsgiving-the-true-history-of-thanksgiving
• Jacob’s Pillow. (2021, July 20). Eastern Woodland Dances: Wampanoag Nation Singers and Dancers. YouTube. https://youtu.be/c2z1QEtP9V8?si=NxFKNE_l9_K3mo4W
• Little Doe Baird, J. (n.d.). Timeline. Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe. https://mashpeewampanoagtribe-nsn.gov/timeline
• Richards, R., & Richards, B. (n.d.). The Mashpee wampanoag. our stories......your stories. https://stories.rosaproductions.co.uk/the-mashpee-wampanoag/index.html
• The story of Thanksgiving and the National Day of Mourning. Mayflower. (n.d.). https://www.mayflower400uk.org/education/who-were-the-pilgrims/2019/july/the-story-of-thanksgiving-and-the-national-day-of-mourning/

Bears:

"We don't hunt bear and we don't eat bear, because we believe bear is the animal that actually showed us which plants were medicine and which plants weren't. They're the animal that taught us about medicines." --Kerrie Helm, Wampanoag citizen

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Turtles

"Turtles have a lot of significance for a lot of native people because we believe North America is on the back of a turtle shell, because it's shaped like a turtle. We call it Turtle Island, actually."--Kerrie Helm, Wampanoag citizen

Hunting by the sea

Spring and summer

• fish
• shellfish

What do they eat?

Wampanoag people find and grow their food

• hunting
• planting
• fishing

Some of their diet relied on fish, shellfish deer, moose, and elkThey mostly ear corn, beans, squashes, nuts, roots, shoots, berries, eggsWhat the Wampanoag eat depends on where they are

What do they eat?

Some of their diet relied on

• fish
• shellfish
• deer
• moose
• elk

Most of their diet relied on

• corn
• beans
• squashes
• nuts
• roots
• shoots
• berries
• eggs

Hunting and gathering in the forest

Fall and winter:

• deer
• elk
• moose

Spring and summer

• berries