~ BlogHer: Thanksgiving day is traditionally a Christian holiday with adherents of other religions giving thanks to their particular brands of gods. But millions of people celebrate without images of supernatural beings giving thanks for and to other people instead. For America's Indians, however, it is a day of mourning the massacre of countless people by Christians "founding" the country and the continuing discrimination that they suffer. And so ...
Since 1970, Native Americans have gathered at noon on Cole's Hill in Plymouth to commemorate a National Day of Mourning on the US Thanksgiving holiday. Many Native Americans do not celebrate the arrival of the Pilgrims and other European settlers. To them, Thanksgiving Day is a reminder of the genocide of millions of their people, the theft of their lands, and the relentless assault on their culture. Participants in a National Day of Mourning honor Native ancestors and the struggles of Native peoples to survive today. It is a day of remembrance and spiritual connection as well as a protest of the racism and oppression which Native Americans continue to experience.
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