Matika's book is available for pre-order! T'igwicid and Wado for being on this journey with us. Show notes are published on our website,. Support the showFollow us on Instagam or support our work on Patreon. We can do that by learning to give thanks in a good way.
It is time for us to be in good relation with one another. All of the lies our teachers taught us in the '90s came to the surface, and I learned that my best isn't always good enough, people won't necessarily like me for who I am, and it wasn't actually. The path to reconciliation starts with honest acknowledgement of our past, with open eyes, and open hearts for a better future. This convenient story allows for the avoidance of discomfort for people with settler ancestries. Most of what we know about Thanksgiving is invented and packaged in easy-to-digest bites. This whole concept was taken from one paragraph of one settler’s journal. The Thanksgiving myth that many Americans have been taught is that, upon arrival, the pilgrims were met with happy Indians who taught them how to tend the land and they had a great feast to celebrate. Ultimately, it stems from a limited perspective of history.
As this episode is with a new teenager, we wanted to show that this is not a hard conversation to have, and most people do not want to be lied to - which is what rehashing the myth does. In this episode we sit down with Matika and her 13-year-old nephew to teach about the true history of European and Native contact. “The Truth about Thanksgiving” is the first installment of a series we’re calling “Lies your teacher taught you”.
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