ThanksTaking or ThanksGiving?

All My Relations Podcast

Matika Wilbur & Temryss Lane

Native, Documentary, Pop Culture, Society & Culture, Relationships, Indigenous, Native American, Society, Contemporary Native American Culture

5 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 20 November 2020

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

This episode talks with Wampanoag scholars Paula Peters and Linda Coombs, who tell us the real story of Thanksgiving, from an Indigenous Perspective.

Thanksgiving is a time for people to come together with their families and give thanks for the blessings in their lives; but the American holiday is rooted in historical fallacy and upholds tired settler colonial belief systems. Instead, let's begin to understand the real story of Thanksgiving and the complex history undergirding this event in relation to Indigenous people. The path to reconciliation starts with honest acknowledgement of our past, with open eyes, and open hearts for a better future. It is time for us to be in good relation with one another. We can do that by learning and unlearning how to give thanks in a good way.

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Show Links
Haudenosaunee Thanksgiving Address
Frank James Full Speech (Uncensored)
Full 50th Year Speeches at Cole Hill
More on Paula Peters: Re-Informed Mayflower 400, Mashpee Nine, Twitter
More on Linda Coombs: Dawnland Voices

Credits
Executive Producer, Editor, Creative Direction: Teo Shantz
Co-Producer: Matika Wilbur
Jr Editing by Jon Alonso
Music by Greg Kramer
Speech captured by Sunny Singh
Co-Host: Dr.Adrienne Keene

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0:00.0	Welcome back to another episode of All My Relations.
0:04.3	Thank you so much for being here with us today.
0:07.1	I'm Matika.
0:08.0	I am a photographer and a filmmaker from the Swinamish
0:11.8	and Tulalip Tribes here in Washington State
0:15.0	coming to you from Stahob's Land.
0:17.8	And I'm Adrienne.
0:19.2	I am a slightly overworked professor and writer
0:24.6	and a blogger coming to you from what is currently known
0:28.7	as Rhode Island.
0:29.6	And I am a citizen of the Cherokee Nation.
0:32.4	We're in the middle of the time of the year
0:34.6	that is particularly hard on indigenous folks
0:39.1	in terms of representations.
0:40.8	So we roll from Columbus Day in October to Halloween
0:46.8	where folks are dressing up like natives
0:49.2	and wearing disrespectful costumes.
0:51.8	And then we're in false sports season,
0:53.6	which used to mean the Washington football team,
0:55.7	but doesn't anymore, which is great,
0:57.2	but still means hockey and the black hocks
0:59.3	and all of these other Indian mascots.
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