An Indigenous mom is leading conversations about the true history of Thanksgiving — and is encouraging others to do the same.
The story is often presented in a positive light and as a major turning point in colonial America.
Pierite also described the National Day of Mourning protest as a ceremonial procession that's filled with prayer.Jean-Luc Pierite is the president of the board of directors for the North American Indian Center of Boston. Pierite is a member of the Tunica-Biloxi Tribe of Louisiana. "People don't know the whole story of Squanto. They just hear, 'Oh, Squanto was the friendly Indian who taught the Pilgrims how to live in the New World and he was the hero,'"Paula Peters, a Mashpee Wampanoag writer who also wrote the introduction to Plymouth colony governor William Bradford's"Of Plimoth Plantation" journal, told"GMA."
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