No Thanks: Native Americans Mark Thanksgiving With Sadness - November 26, 2019

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1. 0:00While the United States will celebrate Thanksgiving this Thursday,
2. 0:06some Americans are marking the day with sadness.
3. 0:12The United American Indians of New England call the national holiday a national day
4. 0:20of mourning. They will mark the day in Plymouth, Massachusetts,
5. 0:27the place where some of North America's first European settlers landed.
6. 0:34Organizers describe the event as,
7. 0:38a time to remember the genocide of millions of native people,
8. 0:45the theft of native lands, and the relentless assault on native culture.
9. 0:54Native American groups have been holding the National Day of Mourning since 1970,
10. 1:02but they say their message is especially urgent this year.
11. 1:08That is because the town of Plymouth is getting ready to hold a number of events,
12. 1:16marking the settlers' arrival.
13. 1:20The Pilgrims first landed in the Native Americans' land, what is now Massachusetts,
14. 1:27nearly four hundred years ago.
15. 1:30As the anniversary nears,
16. 1:34ancestors of the native people who met the pilgrims want to make sure the world hears the whole story.
17. 1:43The Wampanoag tribe helped the European settlers survive.
18. 1:48Its members say the settlers brought diseases, racism, and oppression.
19. 1:55This year, on November 28,
20. 2:00people taking part in the National Day of Mourning will gather at midday on Coles Hill.
21. 2:09The hill overlooks Plymouth Rock, a memorial to the colonists' arrival.
22. 2:16The area also has a large statue of the Wampanoag leader in 1620.
23. 2:23At the gathering, Native Americans from tribes around New England will beat drums,
24. 2:31offer prayers, and read speeches.
25. 2:36Then they will march through the streets of Plymouth, joined by like-minded supporters.
26. 2:44Organizers say that this year,
27. 2:47the marchers will call attention to the situation of missing murdered Native women.
28. 2:55They will also note government action on migrants from Latin America and the detentions of children.
29. 3:05The organizers have already made signs saying, we didn't cross the border, the border crossed us.
30. 3:15Francis Bremmer is an expert on the Pilgrims and Professor Emeritus of History
31. 3:22at Millersville University in Pennsylvania.
32. 3:27He thinks the nation is listening better to what the Native groups are saying.
33. 3:34He calls their message a side of the story that's too often been ignored.
34. 3:42Paula Peters Peters is a Wampanoag writer and activist.
35. 3:47Peters sees progress in how Americans think about their history.
36. 3:55They are starting to look past the false Thanksgiving story about pilgrims
37. 4:01and natives living peacefully together, she says.
38. 4:06She adds that the work of Native groups continues to honor their ancestors.
39. 4:14They are taking their history out of the margins and moving it to the center of attention.
40. 4:22I'm Kelly Jean Kelly.