It really piss me off when all people say: "thanksgiving day" Thanks for what? for colonialism, genocide, discrimination? This thing is colonialism. is another christmas day.
Samantha Turner Lol So how was your Thanksgiving? I had a fabulous Thanksgiving, spending time with my fiance and enjoying myself. How was your Thanksgiving?
Yah"Ah"Tay .🐾 N"de . I'm Apache and I live in massachusett and here in New England is a lot of Native American don't celebrate Thanksgiving because the massacre .🔥
ThanksGiving for me traces its roots in the civil war. Abraham Lincoln established a federal holiday asking a divided country to set aside their differences and be thankful. That's what I want to celebrate.
Tepehuan native here: I loved this video. I loved the different views and ways to think of this holiday. To the White Man I say think of this day as a way to thank Native People for helping the Pilgrims even though they brought us Plague and Genocide. Give thanks for what you have and do not take further. To my fellow First Nation people: Use this day to remind yourselves that you are beautiful, we are peaceful people and we are willing to help those in need even when they don't deserve it. Squanto was a slave and should have sought revenge on the white man but instead he rose above. Love one another and as the last woman said we are all human beings and can all grow together. I give thanks for life.
I am having a difficult time replying to your beautiful response. I have many nationalities in my blood including Italian, German, Dutch, and a small bit of Cherokee. Thanksgiving to me is being thankful that America is a melting pot and a time to remember and pay honor to the American Indians who sacrificed so much due to genocide and disease. However, I am against the boycott of Thanksgiving. The story most of us were told in school as a place to recognize how important our native people were when Columbus came to the new world and the sad reality of the genocide needs to be taught to our older children.
I never knew anything about Thanksgiving being from Canada. I now live in Southern California and still never knew what it was about. I just used it as a day to give thx for everything God has blessed me with and enjoy a great meal with loved ones
The fact that oil pipelines burst after protesting their installation in the first place further adds to the tragic legacy of the complete disregard towards the lives of Indigenous peoples ...
I'm a black israelite have kids with native american israelite and i refuse to celebrate thanksgiving! Its stupid to celebrate the distruction of one's people, it angers me and make me sick
I remember him way back when he played in North of 60. I loved that show, and I miss it. Thank you Michael Horse your a good actor. Happy Native American day, Nov.25,2023.
Reinvent, yes. Renaming, no. Woke cancel culture has destroyed this country and most of the people in it. Should we re-educate ourselves on the ugly truths of this nation? Absolutely. But renaming things will only erase bits ( and in some cases, entirety) of history. A couple of cases right off the top of my head are Aunt Jemima and Uncle Ben. Now, because they have been removed from branding, people will not ask, "Who is Aunt Jemima/Uncle Ben?" Or "What is their story?" Aunt Jemima syrup has been renamed Pearl Milling Company. Less people are going to be interested in the history of a company.
Beautifully done with love. May all be aware, may the truth be recognized, may empathy be felt beyond boundaries, borders, & colors, uniting the peoples as human beings, & may the future be brighter. A'ho.
They never called themselves pilgrims, a historian in the mid 1800s called them pilgrims in a book and the name just stuck. "The English settlers" would be more accurate, and later addressing them by their colony or town before the US was formed.
@@theactualtruth4951 The irony was, that when it came to actual Christian principles, the settlers, and the officials in charge of things regarding Colonial policy, were violating every command in the New Testament !! I didn't see the inside of a Bible,to read it,until I was an adult. That's the first thing I thought of. The rules for the first Christians never would have allowed such behavior, and that included abducting people to use for slavery ! These two things, genocide and slavery, they are un- Christian. How can anyone NOT pick up on this ?! Clearly,though staunch conservatives claim otherwise, these acts on the part of the English were European ONLY, not Christian. The New Testament cancelled out the things done in the Old. New Covenant is just that.
Perhaps... we should simply choose a day where all the people of our nation stop routines and gather together to give thanks for one another and move forward together.
This Thanksgiving and everyday from now on, I will keep the Water Protectors in my prayers. Thank you to everyone who protects animals and the environment.
Growing up I didn't know the real story of Thanksgiving. We need know the real history behind what we celebrate. Native culture is a rich, colorful, beautiful! this should be a time about celebrating and appreciating them and their heritage! Thanks for this video for their perspective
Look: what happened to the Native Americans was a tragedy, and it is not our ancestors' proudest moments in history, but contrary to popular belief, Thanksgiving is not the celebration of a massacre. At the time, it was customary for the English to declare a day of thanksgiving after winning a battle. These days were not of feasting, but of fasting and prayer. Yes, the massacre was still tragic, but it was Lincoln who issued the Thanksgiving Proclamation after the Union's victory over the Confederacy. Thanksgiving does not commemorate a massacre.
Thank you so much for all your words, we have our second year we are not celebrate Thanksgiving because is not right, we have to teach our kids in the house and school the true of the genocide went on that time.....
@@hanifabdullah4661 and you think that your comment is the most brilliant? the comment from you is simply sarcasm. It is brainless. You evidently have no knowledge of what I said.
I don’t recognize Thanksgiving as a holiday after learning the real meaning behind it. I am thankful every single day for my family and I don’t wait a full year to get together with them and have a nice dinner. We do this every other weekend when possible. You never know when is going to be your last day in this sad world, so, why wait a full year? Peace ☮️
I know this was 6 years ago, but I found it now. Off topic, as soon as I saw Gregory and heard him speak I thought, "He had to have been in a movie or something." Great voice, glad I was right. Anyway, my ancestors are from Europe, but I can't say that I "celebrate" Thanksgiving. I do know the true history of it, and over the years Thanksgiving for me has changed from the "Pilgrims" narrative, to just the meaning of giving thanks, although that's even fading away. I have done a lot of traveling by motorcycle around North America, and many times I have tried to imagine what the place I'm traveling through looked like 600-700 years ago. It can sometimes become overwhelming. Peace and love to all of you.
@B. Howard Black history and indigenous to America history are similar. However, the difference as I see it is the fact that white Europeans wanted to exterminate the Natives - their livelihood , their traditions, and their very lives. Even now, the government manipulates and schemes to keep Native Peoples down. In case you are wondering... no I am not Native.I've just done my homework. Natives aren't exaggerating about how the government still persecutes them. My suggestion is to subscribe to an authentic Native news source on line. Beware of the white washed news from those who have acclimated to the white mindset.
White America has been harsh and unfeeling historically. I believe it is in process of changing. I don't know about Trump helping it though. Maga is racist and getting worse. Hopefully things can get back to normal progress. From what is said here that US government considered Natives as enemies. In more modern times they are US citizens.
Just teach the truth. Talk about Gov. Winthrop of Massachusett. Talk of the Pequot. How and why they were massacred. Winthrop declaring it " A day of giving thanks." We're talking about human beings here.
Thank you for the wide variety of color in your family and friends' ideas; was nice to be reminded i have the right blessings going for me and should stay positive, ha....Happy day after....;) Blessings to you and yours....
I live on the Tohono Oodham Reservation along the southern border. Not everyone can cook Thanksgiving in our very poor village. Thanksgiving , Christmas, New year and Easter are days we are extra careful because the Cartel runs their drugs and peoples heavy on those days . We have to cross Border Patrol inspection to leave the Reservation, but on those days and many others the station is closed and you just drive on thru with whatever cargo you are carrying. We have the most corrupt Legislative Council. The person who is our rep ran drugs with her husband and brother in laws, one brother in law was the chief of customs for our Tribe. This is true because I saw it first hand and it was my sister. We really need to hold our reps accountable in Tribal Gov. they are letting natives struggle while they gave themselves a 40,000. raise in a closed session during Covid.
As a kid, growing up in the U.S. school systems, we were dressed up in Native American and Puritan attire, I ALWAYS inherently knew that what they were teaching us about Thanksgiving and Christopher Columbus was a HUGE LIE, and I ALWAYS resented it-the indoctrination should be illegal.
Most children don't learn history at all, if they do it's not accurate. I'm old I learned the basics, not accurate, but enough to spark my interest.My family never celebrated the meeting of Europeans and natives. We just like to get together and eat and be grateful. As a white woman I am sorry for your losses as I am sorry for my ancestors losses. The losses are truly in the pass. We need to address the present which is not always too good. At the same time be grateful.❤
Thanksgiving for me means family. Getting the family together and friends and celebrate togetherness. I’m mostly Mexican but some of my family think there a little Apache blood in us but not sure
This is True Fact. All Native Americans Are The Protect Of The Land For Humanity. We Still Have Our Mind--Skin Color--Spirit--Creative On How To Live Our Lives Til We Really Go To Our Eternity Home. Aho. Creator Be Among You.
Bonsoir je suis une algérienne née en France. Pour mon âme c est choquant de voire des millions de gens "fetaient" le pire génocide de notre humanité tous les ans. Ils réécrivent l histoire et la glorifie comme d.habitude... mon coeur et mon âme est avec vous
I really enjoyed hearing a Native’s perspective. As a descendant of the Mayflower, I took a big interest in the real history of Thanksgiving. Obviously a lot has been lost to time but I think it is important to recognize that the first celebration was at a time of temporary peace. Many despicable things have happened since and it is important to continue to read about it and acknowledge it. For my family, Thanksgiving has always been a time when we get together to celebrate our many blessings in life that we are thankful to God for. It’s not a celebration of Native casualty and suffering.
The interesting part is that in spite of all that these precious souls have been going through over the centuries, at least the fact that they’re still alive should be something to be thankful for.
@@deborahadeniji808 Exactly ! I give thanks for Native Americans, who gave the world democracy. Without them, the democratic republic wouldn't exist, just monarchies.
These Native Americans are white washed. Imagine celebrating the holocaust or African-American slavery with a feast every year as a twisted reminder of being thankful for your family. It’s Wrong stop 👨💻
I'm a descendant of Roger Williams University (Bristol, Rhode Island). That is not what happened. Perhaps, you should read the story of Squanto (History of Massachusetts). Squanto was one of the 27 Indians captured by Capt. Thomas Hunt, a lieutenant of Capt. John Smyth from Jamestown, Virginia. Squanto was sold as a slave in Spain, & Spanish Friars helped Squanto escape onboard a ship that landed Squanto in London, England where Squanto ended up living for the next 9 years before he was set free to return home to The Patuxet Tribe of The Wampanoag Clan that neighbored The Narragansett Clan. When Squanto arrived ashore after he captain's taught him English in order to work as an interpreter for them, Squanto found his tribe all wiped out by disease, so Squanto then trekked south to find other tribesmen from The Wampanoag Clan. First captured by members of his own clan and then soon released. Pilgrims arrived ashore in Plymouth, MA after departing from Scrooby, England onboard The Mayflower & Speedwell late in September of 1620 due to repairs needed to The Mayflower. Pastor John Robinson, Mayflower, was once a follower of English Minister John Smyth (died 1612 in Amsterdam, Holland also known as The First Baptist). Roger Williams, who became The First Governor of Rhode Island came in 1630 after he introduced The Separation of Church & State onboard The Lyon which was shot down for the first 5 years before it began to gain ground. Roger Williams traded with The Narragansett Clan and bought his land from them, and after The Pequot War of 1636-1639 which was a war between Algonquin Indians & The Wampanoag & Narragansett Clan as well as settlers that were attacked, many of those Algonquin Indians became slaves even by The Narragansett Clan, Wampanoag Clan, and by settlers as well. Roger Williams actually put a 10 year limit on the time one could own an Indian Slave before King Philip's War also known as The First American Indian War (1675). Now, that war was due to Chief Massassoit's 2nd son who called himself, King Philip. King Philip attacked settlers in Massachusetts & Rhode Island due to them encroaching upon their land, and settlers retaliated. However, for Roger Williams, the story was much different. 'Old Roger Williams Tries to Stop King Philip's War" - The New England Historical Society. Roger Williams tried had set out to learn The Wampanoag Clan's Language after they attacked in order to create a dialogue between them before he died in 1683. Of course, Anne Hutchinson was killed by Siwanoy Indians. It wasn't settlers that first attacked King Philip, and as for his father, Chief Massasoit, he kept the peace until he died. The Massasoit Community College and Massasoit State Park are named after Chief Massassoit, and Roger Williams, because of what he did.....was also known as The First Abolitionist in America.
Human history is full of dark actions against humanity. But I never let the past be a burden on my future. Latino history is full of tragedy also. So be it. I can't change the past, I can only choose to enjoy what I have now and look to the future. Happy Thanksgiving. May the food, company and Football games games be great
I always felt in my Spirit there was something amiss with Thanksgiving but could not put my finger on it - THEN I came to this TRUTH this year and I choose NOT to partake in Thanksgiving or any other helliday anymore. It should be a DAY OF REMEMBRANCE in complete Silence - it was MASS MURDER!. We have messed up!
This was informative and thank you for your honesty i appreciate you so much. I don't celebrate this holiday at all. We don't need 1 day out of the year to get together as a family and be Thankful. Any form of honoring this holiday is a dishonorable act to those villages and indengenious people that lost their lives its wrong to me personally. But this is my personally opinion and views.
I only celebrate Christmas and Easter I have friends of all kinds American Indian friends I have a couple of them as well I’m kind of animals kind to others unless somebody messes with me I like to go to church on the holidays or to the words for peace and quiet love your video by the way thumbs up
10533 323344 you sound just like the flea infested, disease ridden trash that came here to lie, cheat, steal, kill... gtf outta here with your “ NO GOD HAVING ASS”
10533 323344 the teaching to enslave ppl mentally was the Cesare Borgia beast image that was forced upon us as the “Messiah” the beginning of WS.. OUR GOD AND MESSIAH ARE DARK SKINNED AND VERY ANGRY FOR THE ATROCITIES DONE TO HIS PPL.. you will eat your words (I’m patiently waiting for His coming) and no rat will get doubt in my way
Native Atheist you’re an atheist, your comment doesn’t surprise me... martial law, chaos then when you see his chariots appear In the sky, you’ll feel regret but it will be too late
@@Haahmayan_Hanah_Selah_777 Haha, Pascal's Wager has never been convincing to a rational person. Out of the hundreds of thousands of gods that have been proposed, how do you know your god is the correct one? We could both be languishing in the hell of some other god. You're a fool.😂😂
I’m Asian American citizen i don’t celebrate thanksgiving because i c the truth i got love for natives every year my company makes thanksgiving i don’t celebrate i went to eat my own food out side in my car love n respect for natives from this Asian man n Buddha bless too u all natives
Native Americans are not all fair skin people. Some mixed with the Spanish, British and other colonists and lost their native language some did not. There were native indian people with dark brown skin, who people call black today, in America before the colonists settled. People in countries near the equator, people of the sun, such as the African countries, India, Hawaii, New Zealand, Fiji, Caribbean countries were mostly reddish brown, brown or dark brown skinned and were nomadic people. They were traveling in canoes around what we call the equator area.
As a Hebrew Isrealite I do care very dearly for my Native bro but I have one hurt towards them they trusted the pale face that speak with a forth tonge.
Most Indians celebrate Thanksgiving. Maybe celebrate is the wrong word but Indian families and friends still get together every Thanksgiving and have a big feed,watch the game etc. The skins that dont are few and far between. Maybe hollywood Indians dont, idn
it could very well be called a COLONIZED MIND. I see a lot of people with amnesia about that. Nothing wrong with believing into the integration bull, till you hit the invisible wall that has always been there against you right from the start. This is no rocket science.
@@Cat-ik1wo We all know very well how our ancestors were treated . the vast majority of us simply choose not to have a victim mentality. My mom remembered seeing signs that said; No dogs or Indians. Dogs got top billing!
@@nativeredman9940 I respect that. I know it takes a lot of spirituality to do that. I can't seem to reach that far because the fire can overwhelm me. How do you live in a world that is so full of injustice? And followed by twisted lies that does not heal?
Native = nature. meaning one of spirtual understanding and we are one... listen to the last women speak. Doesn't matter her complexion it's in the heart that makes you native
@@theactualtruth4951 pretty weird of you to deny heritage of someone you dont know. For all you know she could live in the culture on a reservation and is just mixed.
I'm sorry it took me 37 years to understand the true meaning of Thanksgiving. I'm sorry. I tried to tell my gf the truth about thanksgiving and she told me I was crazy. I'm sorry.
Why a hanging the whole theme of America this is a land we can all share and unite, That's why it's the "UNITE STATES IF AMERICA" LOVE IT OR LEAVE IT""
My opinion is that nobody can actually say what happened hundreds of years ago accurately because all accounts on history could only be told by word of mouth or documents that get re written through out the years so I can't fully believe history books or people's word. The only people that knows exactly what happened back then are the ones who were there and they have been gone for a long,long time. If you want to celebrate it, go ahead. If you don't, don't but do not criticize others for their right to do or not.
Get over it. People have been fighting for land and power from the beginning of time. Thanks giving for Christian is giving thanks to God for his grace and mercy. Giving thanks for his provisions and life.
Hmmm, you speak of your God and give thanks to him for his grace and mercy, yet you don’t show grace nor mercy by telling others to “get over it”? How hypocritical. Your God is probably noticing this. You are not true to yourself nor your religion nor your God. 😒
@matt21_22 maybe you could rephrase your comment. Telling someone “get over it” is insensitive and pretty much saying that what ever happened to their ancestors doesn’t really matter because a god says so, and they should just forgive. I personally don’t think I could just get over it if my entire family was murdered let alone an entire group of people just for the heck of stealing their land and forgive their crimes. So, yes, you are being hypocritical and insensitive.
@patc2296 you still don't get it. From the beginning of mankind there was evil. People with an intense selfish desire for something, especially wealth, power, or food. Before the white man came Indigenous tribes we're fighting each other. For those things. Who can say who occupied an area first? what we can do now is what matters. Are people to remain victims forever, or are we to take back what the enemy has stolen? When I say enemy, I mean the devil. What's the point in having the world when there is no joy? Jesus can give you that joy . Jesus rewards those who diligently seek him. Read the bible and believe. Repent and be baptized in Jesus name for the remission of sin.
Thank you for your time and I hope you are doing well Sandra' s May the spirit go with you all way be Happy to be with your love one's They can take your spirit form you.👠🐎😽🐱12\26\2020
I am from India would celebrate Christmas but will never celebrate Thanks giving understanding the truth of it . Its just so wrong...love to all my native brothers and sisters❤
WE PRAY TO OUR LORD BEFORE WE EAT ON THANKS GIVEING. JESUS CHRIST
I'm a Native American, I love all my brothers and sisters A'HO
Thanks from a Australian Aboriginal we know what your going through!! Stay Strong!! Australia 🦘
remember, this isn’t how all Natives think.
It really piss me off when all people say: "thanksgiving day"
Thanks for what? for colonialism, genocide, discrimination?
This thing is colonialism. is another christmas day.
Life & Death Happy Thanksgiving! :)
Rachael Smith
Hi, you too. Where you from? :)
Life & Death I'm from the United States of America.
Samantha Turner Lol So how was your Thanksgiving? I had a fabulous Thanksgiving, spending time with my fiance and enjoying myself. How was your Thanksgiving?
Life & Death "The catastrophe to the capitalism"? Lol I hope you had a great Thanksgiving! God bless! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸♥️🇺🇸🇺🇸
Yah"Ah"Tay .🐾 N"de . I'm Apache and I live in massachusett and here in New England is a lot of Native American don't celebrate Thanksgiving because the massacre .🔥
Ah'Ahe"hee .
Ya'a'teh, Eugene. Many blessings to you and yours.
Your N'de sister greets you with great respect.
BOSTON
@JIQUAN TURNER I am Native American Indian I'm from the Apache N'de
White girl in Boston and I don't celebrate Thanksgiving or Columbus day
True history needs to be told each and every day.
ThanksGiving for me traces its roots in the civil war. Abraham Lincoln established a federal holiday asking a divided country to set aside their differences and be thankful. That's what I want to celebrate.
Me too. Not to mention that Lincoln believed in freedom for all people, regardless of where they come from, thus his fight to end slavery.
@@deborahadeniji808 . Sad irony that many Native Americans were slave owners.
Tepehuan native here: I loved this video. I loved the different views and ways to think of this holiday. To the White Man I say think of this day as a way to thank Native People for helping the Pilgrims even though they brought us Plague and Genocide. Give thanks for what you have and do not take further. To my fellow First Nation people: Use this day to remind yourselves that you are beautiful, we are peaceful people and we are willing to help those in need even when they don't deserve it. Squanto was a slave and should have sought revenge on the white man but instead he rose above. Love one another and as the last woman said we are all human beings and can all grow together. I give thanks for life.
I am having a difficult time replying to your beautiful response. I have many nationalities in my blood including Italian, German, Dutch, and a small bit of Cherokee. Thanksgiving to me is being thankful that America is a melting pot and a time to remember and pay honor to the American Indians who sacrificed so much due to genocide and disease. However, I am against the boycott of Thanksgiving. The story most of us were told in school as a place to recognize how important our native people were when Columbus came to the new world and the sad reality of the genocide needs to be taught to our older children.
I never knew anything about Thanksgiving being from Canada. I now live in Southern California and still never knew what it was about. I just used it as a day to give thx for everything God has blessed me with and enjoy a great meal with loved ones
The fact that oil pipelines burst after protesting their installation in the first place further adds to the tragic legacy of the complete disregard towards the lives of Indigenous peoples ...
I'm a black israelite have kids with native american israelite and i refuse to celebrate thanksgiving!
Its stupid to celebrate the distruction of one's people, it angers me and make me sick
Yup! The Native American NAKBA!
Happy Thanksgiving, haters!
Oneil Dixon translation: “Wha wha wha...” would you like some more cheese with that wine?
LDN EDD oh you must b the Chinese looking indian thats portrayed as the only native.blacks and mexicans were here long b4 the chinese Indian.
You are a native
I remember him way back when he played in North of 60. I loved that show, and I miss it. Thank you Michael Horse your a good actor.
Happy Native American day, Nov.25,2023.
It's a good time for a fall feast , so we should just call it Fall Feast. Reinvent and renaming is a needed thing in the US, there is much to do.
Reinvent, yes. Renaming, no. Woke cancel culture has destroyed this country and most of the people in it. Should we re-educate ourselves on the ugly truths of this nation? Absolutely. But renaming things will only erase bits ( and in some cases, entirety) of history. A couple of cases right off the top of my head are Aunt Jemima and Uncle Ben. Now, because they have been removed from branding, people will not ask, "Who is Aunt Jemima/Uncle Ben?" Or "What is their story?" Aunt Jemima syrup has been renamed Pearl Milling Company. Less people are going to be interested in the history of a company.
Beautifully done with love. May all be aware, may the truth be recognized, may empathy be felt beyond boundaries, borders, & colors, uniting the peoples as human beings, & may the future be brighter. A'ho.
It's a day of Mourning for our Ancestors, we get together to Honor them, and live for the those, who are not here, but who passed on.
We should never forget the past, we don't dwell on the negative but we don't for get them either, if we forget we repeat
Why are they termed as pilgrims. Pilgrims are people who go on a spiritual journey. They were not pilgrims at all!!
Yeah settlers would have been a better word.
They are called pilgrims because that's what the white man wants to call them.
They never called themselves pilgrims, a historian in the mid 1800s called them pilgrims in a book and the name just stuck. "The English settlers" would be more accurate, and later addressing them by their colony or town before the US was formed.
They were Puritans
@@theactualtruth4951 The irony was, that when it came to actual Christian principles, the settlers, and the officials in charge of things regarding Colonial policy, were violating every command in the New Testament !! I didn't see the inside of a Bible,to read it,until I was an adult. That's the first thing I thought of. The rules for the first Christians never would have allowed such behavior, and that included abducting people to use for slavery ! These two things, genocide and slavery, they are un- Christian. How can anyone NOT pick up on this ?! Clearly,though staunch conservatives claim otherwise, these acts on the part of the English were European ONLY, not Christian. The New Testament cancelled out the things done in the Old. New Covenant is just that.
Perhaps... we should simply choose a day where all the people of our nation stop routines and gather together to give thanks for one another and move forward together.
This Thanksgiving and everyday from now on, I will keep the Water Protectors in my prayers. Thank you to everyone who protects animals and the environment.
Growing up I didn't know the real story of Thanksgiving. We need know the real history behind what we celebrate. Native culture is a rich, colorful, beautiful! this should be a time about celebrating and appreciating them and their heritage! Thanks for this video for their perspective
Real Natives give thanks every new day!. We feast many different times thru “the year.”
Each & every day is (or should be) a thanksgiving.
Stick your self
Look: what happened to the Native Americans was a tragedy, and it is not our ancestors' proudest moments in history, but contrary to popular belief, Thanksgiving is not the celebration of a massacre.
At the time, it was customary for the English to declare a day of thanksgiving after winning a battle. These days were not of feasting, but of fasting and prayer. Yes, the massacre was still tragic, but it was Lincoln who issued the Thanksgiving Proclamation after the Union's victory over the Confederacy.
Thanksgiving does not commemorate a massacre.
Happy Thanksgiving. USA.
Thank you so much for all your words, we have our second year we are not celebrate Thanksgiving because is not right, we have to teach our kids in the house and school the true of the genocide went on that time.....
We are not all humans
Dumbest comment ever seen like really the dumbest comment
Now that Crispr is coming out even less so.
@@hanifabdullah4661 and you think that your comment is the most brilliant? the comment from you is simply sarcasm. It is brainless. You evidently have no knowledge of what I said.
Amen My Brothers my great Grandmother was full blood Cherokee she passed in 1979 she was 113 years old I wish I could have met her ❤🙏🙏🙏
Thank you we were brainwashed about thanksgiving. 🙏🏼
I don’t recognize Thanksgiving as a holiday after learning the real meaning behind it. I am thankful every single day for my family and I don’t wait a full year to get together with them and have a nice dinner. We do this every other weekend when possible. You never know when is going to be your last day in this sad world, so, why wait a full year? Peace ☮️
I know this was 6 years ago, but I found it now. Off topic, as soon as I saw Gregory and heard him speak I thought, "He had to have been in a movie or something." Great voice, glad I was right. Anyway, my ancestors are from Europe, but I can't say that I "celebrate" Thanksgiving. I do know the true history of it, and over the years Thanksgiving for me has changed from the "Pilgrims" narrative, to just the meaning of giving thanks, although that's even fading away. I have done a lot of traveling by motorcycle around North America, and many times I have tried to imagine what the place I'm traveling through looked like 600-700 years ago. It can sometimes become overwhelming. Peace and love to all of you.
Native Americans and black people are the two most oppressed in America
True all in the same struggle
@B. Howard
Black history and indigenous to America history are similar. However, the difference as I see it is the fact that white Europeans wanted to exterminate the Natives - their livelihood , their traditions, and their very lives. Even now, the government manipulates and schemes to keep Native Peoples down. In case you are wondering... no I am not Native.I've just done my homework. Natives aren't exaggerating about how the government still persecutes them. My suggestion is to subscribe to an authentic Native news source on line. Beware of the white washed news from those who have acclimated to the white mindset.
White America has been harsh and unfeeling historically. I believe it is in process of changing. I don't know about Trump helping it though. Maga is racist and getting worse. Hopefully things can get back to normal progress. From what is said here that US government considered Natives as enemies. In more modern times they are US citizens.
Which American President, if any, in Native American history were for the preservation of Native Americans and their way of life?
Just teach the truth. Talk about Gov. Winthrop of Massachusett. Talk of the Pequot. How and why they were massacred. Winthrop declaring it " A day of giving thanks." We're talking about human beings here.
Thank you, I'm of hopogo Apache lineage and have wanted to learn to share with the future generations
Thank you for the wide variety of color in your family and friends' ideas; was nice to be reminded i have the right blessings going for me and should stay positive, ha....Happy day after....;) Blessings to you and yours....
Thank you from a black African American man, thank you…..
I live on the Tohono Oodham Reservation along the southern border. Not everyone can cook Thanksgiving in our very poor village. Thanksgiving , Christmas, New year and Easter are days we are extra careful because the Cartel runs their drugs and peoples heavy on those days . We have to cross Border Patrol inspection to leave the Reservation, but on those days and many others the station is closed and you just drive on thru with whatever cargo you are carrying. We have the most corrupt Legislative Council. The person who is our rep ran drugs with her husband and brother in laws, one brother in law was the chief of customs for our Tribe. This is true because I saw it first hand and it was my sister. We really need to hold our reps accountable in Tribal Gov. they are letting natives struggle while they gave themselves a 40,000. raise in a closed session during Covid.
Peace and love, the only way!
LAKOTA-Simple-LAKOTA-WIN-Protector of all innocent life!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Mitákuye Oyás’iŋ
As a kid, growing up in the U.S. school systems, we were dressed up in Native American and Puritan attire, I ALWAYS inherently knew that what they were teaching us about Thanksgiving and Christopher Columbus was a HUGE LIE, and I ALWAYS resented it-the indoctrination should be illegal.
I agree 100%
Wonderful perspective… thank you so much.. appreciate you
1:17 this guy is a winner by his mental outlook
Most children don't learn history at all, if they do it's not accurate. I'm old I learned the basics, not accurate, but enough to spark my interest.My family never celebrated the meeting of Europeans and natives. We just like to get together and eat and be grateful. As a white woman I am sorry for your losses as I am sorry for my ancestors losses. The losses are truly in the pass. We need to address the present which is not always too good. At the same time be grateful.❤
Thanksgiving for me means family. Getting the family together and friends and celebrate togetherness. I’m mostly Mexican but some of my family think there a little Apache blood in us but not sure
This is True Fact. All Native Americans Are The Protect Of The Land For Humanity. We Still Have Our Mind--Skin Color--Spirit--Creative On How To Live Our Lives Til We Really Go To Our Eternity Home. Aho. Creator Be Among You.
Bonsoir je suis une algérienne née en France. Pour mon âme c est choquant de voire des millions de gens "fetaient" le pire génocide de notre humanité tous les ans. Ils réécrivent l histoire et la glorifie comme d.habitude... mon coeur et mon âme est avec vous
I can see the true worth of Indigenous people and the Amish people.
Thank you for your time making this video.
I live in Weirton WV near Pittsburgh.
I don't believe Amish are related to Native Americans.
Some of these Amerindians appear to have European admixture
They were pilgrims they were escaping Europe to find religious freedom
I could not believe what they did to the people at Standing Rock The dapl Thing it was horrific
Great video! Much Love for all my brothers and sisters.
I don't CELEBRATE no HOLIDAYS not one HOLIDAY do I CELEBRATE
I really enjoyed hearing a Native’s perspective. As a descendant of the Mayflower, I took a big interest in the real history of Thanksgiving. Obviously a lot has been lost to time but I think it is important to recognize that the first celebration was at a time of temporary peace. Many despicable things have happened since and it is important to continue to read about it and acknowledge it. For my family, Thanksgiving has always been a time when we get together to celebrate our many blessings in life that we are thankful to God for. It’s not a celebration of Native casualty and suffering.
The interesting part is that in spite of all that these precious souls have been going through over the centuries, at least the fact that they’re still alive should be something to be thankful for.
@@deborahadeniji808 Exactly ! I give thanks for Native Americans, who gave the world democracy. Without them, the democratic republic wouldn't exist, just monarchies.
These Native Americans are white washed. Imagine celebrating the holocaust or African-American slavery with a feast every year as a twisted reminder of being thankful for your family. It’s Wrong stop 👨💻
thanks for sharing your story
I found this video some years agor. I've been sharing it with my students because they need to know the truth.
I'm a descendant of Roger Williams University (Bristol, Rhode Island). That is not what happened. Perhaps, you should read the story of Squanto (History of Massachusetts). Squanto was one of the 27 Indians captured by Capt. Thomas Hunt, a lieutenant of Capt. John Smyth from Jamestown, Virginia. Squanto was sold as a slave in Spain, & Spanish Friars helped Squanto escape onboard a ship that landed Squanto in London, England where Squanto ended up living for the next 9 years before he was set free to return home to The Patuxet Tribe of The Wampanoag Clan that neighbored The Narragansett Clan. When Squanto arrived ashore after he captain's taught him English in order to work as an interpreter for them, Squanto found his tribe all wiped out by disease, so Squanto then trekked south to find other tribesmen from The Wampanoag Clan. First captured by members of his own clan and then soon released. Pilgrims arrived ashore in Plymouth, MA after departing from Scrooby, England onboard The Mayflower & Speedwell late in September of 1620 due to repairs needed to The Mayflower. Pastor John Robinson, Mayflower, was once a follower of English Minister John Smyth (died 1612 in Amsterdam, Holland also known as The First Baptist). Roger Williams, who became The First Governor of Rhode Island came in 1630 after he introduced The Separation of Church & State onboard The Lyon which was shot down for the first 5 years before it began to gain ground. Roger Williams traded with The Narragansett Clan and bought his land from them, and after The Pequot War of 1636-1639 which was a war between Algonquin Indians & The Wampanoag & Narragansett Clan as well as settlers that were attacked, many of those Algonquin Indians became slaves even by The Narragansett Clan, Wampanoag Clan, and by settlers as well. Roger Williams actually put a 10 year limit on the time one could own an Indian Slave before King Philip's War also known as The First American Indian War (1675). Now, that war was due to Chief Massassoit's 2nd son who called himself, King Philip. King Philip attacked settlers in Massachusetts & Rhode Island due to them encroaching upon their land, and settlers retaliated. However, for Roger Williams, the story was much different. 'Old Roger Williams Tries to Stop King Philip's War" - The New England Historical Society. Roger Williams tried had set out to learn The Wampanoag Clan's Language after they attacked in order to create a dialogue between them before he died in 1683. Of course, Anne Hutchinson was killed by Siwanoy Indians. It wasn't settlers that first attacked King Philip, and as for his father, Chief Massasoit, he kept the peace until he died. The Massasoit Community College and Massasoit State Park are named after Chief Massassoit, and Roger Williams, because of what he did.....was also known as The First Abolitionist in America.
Human history is full of dark actions against humanity.
But I never let the past be a burden on my future. Latino history is full of tragedy also. So be it. I can't change the past, I can only choose to enjoy what I have now and look to the future.
Happy Thanksgiving. May the food, company and Football games games be great
I always felt in my Spirit there was something amiss with Thanksgiving but could not put my finger on it - THEN I came to this TRUTH this year and I choose NOT to partake in Thanksgiving or any other helliday anymore. It should be a DAY OF REMEMBRANCE in complete Silence - it was MASS MURDER!. We have messed up!
We celebrate it because without it we wouldnt be here! Human history is full of tragity, for whats its worth we are all here today because of history.
Black female refuse to celebrate that pagan day alone with my family tribe of Gad we remember and will never forget
This was informative and thank you for your honesty i appreciate you so much. I don't celebrate this holiday at all. We don't need 1 day out of the year to get together as a family and be Thankful. Any form of honoring this holiday is a dishonorable act to those villages and indengenious people that lost their lives its wrong to me personally. But this is my personally opinion and views.
I only celebrate Christmas and Easter I have friends of all kinds American Indian friends I have a couple of them as well I’m kind of animals kind to others unless somebody messes with me I like to go to church on the holidays or to the words for peace and quiet love your video by the way thumbs up
Neither holiday is what you think it is either. Look up the true origin all of them so you know before celebrating.
Informative and conveyed truth with kindness. Thank you very much.
Thank you for making this.
They even refer to themselves as Indians I find that interesting
Happy thanksgiving 🦃
I’m Apache!!!
What can Apache ? 🐾 😁
You are fake as a 3 dollars bill you are hungry for knowledge and the truth. Foreigner
Mr. Cruz has a great attitude, we need to live in truth with love. 🙏🕊️🪶
Endure family.. our Most High power will come soon🖤🖤🖤
10533 323344 you sound just like the flea infested, disease ridden trash that came here to lie, cheat, steal, kill... gtf outta here with your “ NO GOD HAVING ASS”
10533 323344 the teaching to enslave ppl mentally was the Cesare Borgia beast image that was forced upon us as the “Messiah” the beginning of WS.. OUR GOD AND MESSIAH ARE DARK SKINNED AND VERY ANGRY FOR THE ATROCITIES DONE TO HIS PPL.. you will eat your words (I’m patiently waiting for His coming) and no rat will get doubt in my way
@@Haahmayan_Hanah_Selah_777
No one is coming you cult-pig.
Native Atheist you’re an atheist, your comment doesn’t surprise me... martial law, chaos then when you see his chariots appear In the sky, you’ll feel regret but it will be too late
@@Haahmayan_Hanah_Selah_777
Haha, Pascal's Wager has never been convincing to a rational person. Out of the hundreds of thousands of gods that have been proposed, how do you know your god is the correct one? We could both be languishing in the hell of some other god. You're a fool.😂😂
I’m Asian American citizen i don’t celebrate thanksgiving because i c the truth i got love for natives every year my company makes thanksgiving i don’t celebrate i went to eat my own food out side in my car love n respect for natives from this Asian man n Buddha bless too u all natives
My 💐condolences🏵 for *Massacre Day* .
Yes, that's an appropriate term for it. It's right up there with December 7th,1941. Pearl Harbor. And 9/11/01.
I will raise my glass for you as I enjoy a great meal and hopefully good football.
16 dislikes are from people who dislike the truth. And this is coming from a Black guy...
Native Americans are not all fair skin people. Some mixed with the Spanish, British and other colonists and lost their native language some did not. There were native indian people with dark brown skin, who people call black today, in America before the colonists settled. People in countries near the equator, people of the sun, such as the African countries, India, Hawaii, New Zealand, Fiji, Caribbean countries were mostly reddish brown, brown or dark brown skinned and were nomadic people. They were traveling in canoes around what we call the equator area.
I have a question for u Apache's are you guys federally recognized,you said you were mixed....
Yes we are recognized by the government we are the real Native American Apache N'de
Eugene Rodriguez who are you....they didny say ur name....i wouldnt b claiming nothing with these people......iron eye cody is in the house.
Love this message . All the way from Orlando Florida
Is that guy from that movie without a paddle?
Isn't this woman wenona the actress in Seinfeld the cigar store Indian episode?
FUCK THANKSGIVING! I’m teaching my kids what really happened! Love you my native Americans ❤️
I hope they all eat great meals today and that the football games are awesome too.
Happy Thanksgiving
Screw Thanksgiving
This is why we can’t get out of this condition we’re in.
As a Hebrew Isrealite I do care very dearly for my Native bro but I have one hurt towards them they trusted the pale face that speak with a forth tonge.
Blacks trust them also so hurt for yourself
Nicely put. Michael Horse, I hope you & Penny are having a great retirement. Thanks to all for your direction to us to find out the truth.
Most Indians celebrate Thanksgiving. Maybe celebrate is the wrong word but Indian families and friends still get together every Thanksgiving and have a big feed,watch the game etc. The skins that dont are few and far between. Maybe hollywood Indians dont, idn
it could very well be called a COLONIZED MIND. I see a lot of people with amnesia about that. Nothing wrong with believing into the integration bull, till you hit the invisible wall that has always been there against you right from the start. This is no rocket science.
@@Cat-ik1wo We all know very well how our ancestors were treated . the vast majority of us simply choose not to have a victim mentality. My mom remembered seeing signs that said; No dogs or Indians. Dogs got top billing!
@@nativeredman9940 I respect that. I know it takes a lot of spirituality to do that. I can't seem to reach that far because the fire can overwhelm me. How do you live in a world that is so full of injustice? And followed by twisted lies that does not heal?
Very informative
Real Americans
Is this a white women at 2:04
A mix obviously
Native = nature. meaning one of spirtual understanding and we are one... listen to the last women speak. Doesn't matter her complexion it's in the heart that makes you native
Yup that is straight up a white woman. $5 Indian.
@@theactualtruth4951 pretty weird of you to deny heritage of someone you dont know. For all you know she could live in the culture on a reservation and is just mixed.
#DAYOFMOURNING
I'm sorry it took me 37 years to understand the true meaning of Thanksgiving. I'm sorry. I tried to tell my gf the truth about thanksgiving and she told me I was crazy. I'm sorry.
Mike was the only real one... i could have turned this off right after him.
Why a hanging the whole theme of America this is a land we can all share and unite, That's why it's the "UNITE STATES IF AMERICA" LOVE IT OR LEAVE IT""
My opinion is that nobody can actually say what happened hundreds of years ago accurately because all accounts on history could only be told by word of mouth or documents that get re written through out the years so I can't fully believe history books or people's word. The only people that knows exactly what happened back then are the ones who were there and they have been gone for a long,long time. If you want to celebrate it, go ahead. If you don't, don't but do not criticize others for their right to do or not.
Happy thanks taking
You can't turn a bad thing to a good thing
Osiyo
Thank you for sharing truth.
Get over it. People have been fighting for land and power from the beginning of time. Thanks giving for Christian is giving thanks to God for his grace and mercy. Giving thanks for his provisions and life.
Hmmm, you speak of your God and give thanks to him for his grace and mercy, yet you don’t show grace nor mercy by telling others to “get over it”? How hypocritical. Your God is probably noticing this. You are not true to yourself nor your religion nor your God. 😒
@patc2296 Nothing hypocritical about that. As believers in God, we are to get over it and forgive.
@matt21_22 maybe you could rephrase your comment. Telling someone “get over it” is insensitive and pretty much saying that what ever happened to their ancestors doesn’t really matter because a god says so, and they should just forgive. I personally don’t think I could just get over it if my entire family was murdered let alone an entire group of people just for the heck of stealing their land and forgive their crimes. So, yes, you are being hypocritical and insensitive.
@patc2296 you still don't get it. From the beginning of mankind there was evil. People with an intense selfish desire for something, especially wealth, power, or food. Before the white man came Indigenous tribes we're fighting each other.
For those things. Who can say who occupied an area first? what we can do now is what matters. Are people to remain victims forever, or are we to take back what the enemy has stolen? When I say enemy, I mean the devil. What's the point in having the world when there is no joy? Jesus can give you that joy . Jesus rewards those who diligently seek him. Read the bible and believe. Repent and be baptized in Jesus name for the remission of sin.
Thank you for your time and I hope you are doing well
Sandra' s May the spirit go with you all way be Happy to be with your love one's
They can take your spirit form you.👠🐎😽🐱12\26\2020
I am from India would celebrate Christmas but will never celebrate Thanks giving understanding the truth of it . Its just so wrong...love to all my native brothers and sisters❤
I started following Messianic Jewish Faith partly because of this
I celebrate it to highlight what we are thankful for of the year and a way to have family come together. That’s it.
This is stupid of you!!!
@@jeangermain6317 Oh shut up.
@@jeangermain6317 Stupid of who ??
You. An use any other day and not this one
If your AMERICAN and a CHRISTIAN IT IS ALWAYS A GOOD THING TO GIVE THANKS TO GOD! I LOVE IT! 😊❤❤❤❤
I agree with Gregory.