I’m writing this a couple days before Thanksgiving, but I’m thankful it will not be ... That’s an unfortunate metaphor, but an apt one in this case. The pilgrims who landed in Massachusetts on Dec. 21 ...

Especially because the traditional "first Thanksgiving" story taught in schools tends to erase the true history, with children dressed up as "Pilgrims" and historically inaccurate "Indians." ...

The Pilgrims would most likely consider ... According to the New York Post, the United American Indians of New England have been publicly mourning on Thanksgiving for decades.

By autumn, however, the remaining Pilgrims celebrated ... there was turkey at the first Thanksgiving. According to Kirkpatrick, other foods likely included Indian corn, fish and lobster.

The National Museum of the American Indian has a guide called ... Did you know that the First Thanksgiving between the Wampanoag and the Pilgrims may have actually had more to do with diplomacy ...