The Thanksgiving Lie Every November, this nation celebrates
Thanksgiving, a time where we spend with our families for
dinner, and supposedly celebrate everything we are thankful for.
Its origins have traced back during the early days of American
history where European Pilgrims have settled in the new world.
According to many history textbooks in almost all schools across
the nation, the Pilgrims and Native peoples (‘Indians’ in most
of these textbooks) were friendly towards each other. There was
no hatred, especially from the Settlers, against the Native
people. In fact Native Americans helped the Pilgrims learn to
fish, farm and hunt, and survive the harsh conditions of winter.
After harvesting their first crop, they and their “Indian
friends” have celebrated what would be forever be referred to as
the first Thanksgiving, and America continues to live that
tradition today. However, very few people in modern times have
asked the question, “Did it really happen?” Think about it for a
second. If it did, then ho