The Myth of the First Thanksgiving – Resources

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Resources

(*indicates I highly recommend it)

General

*Atlas of the North American Indian – Waldman
Great Speeches by Native Americans – Blaisdell
*The Red King’s Rebellion – Bourne
Daily Life of Native Americans – Nash and Strobel
We’re Still Here – Waugaman
*Voices of the Rainbow – Rosen
*The Winona LaDuke Reader – LaDuke
*A Voyage Long and Strange – Horwitz
Soaring Spirits – Gravelle
*An Algonquian Year – McCurdy
Clash of Cultures – Collier
Powwow – Greene
*A People’s History of the United States – Zinn
The Light and the Glory for Children – Marshall
Tracks that Speak – Cutler
*Native American Religion – Bonvillain
Music from a Place Called Half Moon – Oughton

Powhatan/Jamestown

*The Powhatan – A Confederacy of Native American Tribes – Boraas
The Jamestown Colony – Pierce
Jamestowne – Struggle for Survival – Sewall
Life of the Powhatan – Kalman

Pilgrims

Stories of the Pilgrims – Pumphrey
Eating the Plates – Penner
*Pilgrims: New World Settlers and the Call of Home – Moore
*Mayflower – Philbrick

Wampanoag

*Tapenum’s Day – Waters
*The Wampanoag – Riehecky
*Clambake: A Wampanoag Tradition – Peters
*People of the Breaking Day – Sewall
*The Wampanoag – Bial
*The Wampanoag and Their History – Rosinsky

Pequot

*Nickommoh! A Thanksgiving Celebration – Koller
*The Pequot Tribe – Lassieur
*The Pequots – Newman
*Where the Great Hawk Flies – Ketchum

Crafts/Coloring

More Than Moccasins – Carlson
Arts and Crafts of the Native Americans – Morris
Tools of Native Americans – Kavin

Dover Coloring books:

Great Native Americans Coloring Book
Indian Tribes of North America Coloring Book
Indian Life in Pre-Columbian North America Coloring Book
Life in Colonial America
Native American Masks Coloring Book
North American Indian Crafts
Wigwams, Longhouses and Other Native American Dwellings
Exploration of North America Coloring Book
The Story of the Pilgrims

 

Websites

http://www.blackcommentator.com/66/66_cover_thanksgiving_pf.html
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/11/23/273864/-The-Thanksgiving-Day-Massacre-Or-would-you-like-Turkey-with-your-genocide
http://www.colonialwarsct.org/1637.htm
http://www.republicoflakotah.com/2009/cooking-the-history-books-the-thanksgiving-massacre/
http://www.mashantucket.com/tribalhistory.aspx
http://www.native-languages.org/wampanoag_culture.htm
http://www.schemitzun.com/gcphome.aspx
http://www.easternpequottribalnation.com/history.html
https://decolonization.wordpress.com/tag/settler-colonialism/
http://www.nativeweb.org/pages/legal/thanksgiving_nelte.html
http://www.manyhoops.com/cranberries.html
http://www.texasalmanac.com/topics/history/timeline/first-thanksgiving
http://www.oldcity.com/city-blog.php?id=38
http://blog.nrcprograms.org/thanksgiving-a-tradition-for-virginia-tribes/

 

Part 1 – The First Thanksgiving and the Myth of America
Part 2 – The Myth of America – Columbus, Christ-Bearer
Part 3 – The Myth of America – Jamestown – The Wrong Story To Tell
Part 4 – Pilgrims – God’s Provision at the Expense of Other People
Part 5 – Myth of America – Biased History Lesson
Part 6 – The Mayflower Compact – for God and King and White America
Part 7 – The First Thanksgiving – for a Massacre
Part 8 – The First Thanksgiving – Fears, Power, and Privilege
Part 9 – Colonialism – A History Lesson with Skittles
Part 10 – Myth of the First Thanksgiving – Other Festivals and Thanksgiving
Part 11 – Myth of America – The Clash of Spiritualities
Part 12 – The First Thanksgiving – A Day of Mourning

This series is available as a 40 page pdf, giving an introductory look at settler colonialism as it relates to the founding of America.  Discusses Columbus, Jamestown, Pilgrims and Native Americans and includes 4 lessons to teach the topics to kids.
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