The popular narrative of America’s Thanksgiving holiday has endured for centuries, and the story does not include the voice or experience of Indigenous people.

The event is depicted as a celebratory feast between English colonists and Indigenous People, primarily those from the Wampanoag tribe, in Plymouth, Massachusetts, in 1621. However, little historical evidence supports the story of a peaceful and abundant meal shared between these two groups. The Advent School is sharing resources for families to educate themselves and support conversations at home.

1. Rethinking Schools: Rethinking Thanksgiving: Myths and Misgivings

2. Learning for Justice: Teaching Thanksgiving in a Socially Responsible Way

3. National Geographic: A few things you (probably) don’t know about Thanksgiving

4. Cup of Jo: How to Talk to Kids about Thanksgiving

5. Yahoo News: How to talk to kids about Thanksgiving

6. WCBV-5: Here's why Thanksgiving is a day of mourning for indigenous people of Massachusetts

7. Washington Post: This tribe helped the Pilgrims survive for their first Thanksgiving. They still regret it 400 years later.

8. Facing History: 5 Native-Led Podcasts for Media Literacy While not explicitly about Thanksgiving, the podcasts featured here amplify Native voices and stories.

9. Cape Cod Times: A nation created, a nation diminished: Pilgrims’ arrival in Provincetown 400 years ago spawned a clash of cultures

10. National Museum of the American Indian: Rethinking Thanksgiving Celebrations: Native Perspectives on Thanksgiving and Harvest Ceremony Guide (PDF)