Judy Dow's critique of the Thanksgiving myth provides a credible examination of the holiday's complexities, grounded in her perspective as an Abenaki scholar and educator. Dow questions the necessity of teaching the Thanksgiving narrative in schools and critiques the perpetuation of stereotypes through pageants and feasts. She draws on her own heritage and expertise as an Abenaki scholar to challenge the myth of "The First Thanksgiving" and offers alternative perspectives on the holiday's origins. Dow's background as an Abenaki scholar and educator lends credibility to her analysis of the Thanksgiving narrative. Her critique is rooted in a deep understanding of indigenous perspectives and challenges the dominant narrative perpetuated in education.…
“A Native American Thanksgiving”, written by Beverly Cox and Clara Sue Kidwell, is an informational article including recipes, all relating to Native American culture. They begin this piece by dating back to the earliest known facts of “Thanksgiving” between the Pilgrims and the Indians. Cox and Kidwell set out to show the reader the real meaning behind this holiday. Pointing out that Americans only give thanks once a year, they go in depth about the Native American’s beliefs of giving appreciations. Indians would give credit and acknowledgment to the spirits of nature throughout the year in hopes for generosity in upcoming hunting and planting seasons, considering farming was an important part of Indian life. This material allows Cox and Kidwell…
“On the fourth Thursday of November, Americans celebrate Thanksgiving, a national holiday honoring the early settlers and their harvest feast known as the first Thanksgiving. Long before settlers came to the East Coast of the United States, the area was inhabited by many Native American tribes. The area surrounding the site of the first Thanksgiving, now known as southeastern Massachusetts and eastern Rhode Island.” People that incorporated in The Plymouth Colony were groups of English people that didn’t want anything to do with the Church of England. They had a fund and sailed across the Atlantic Ocean to settle into The New World. Due to the windy conditions they cut the trip short.…
In 1918, President Wilson established November 11 as a day to show honor and thankfulness for those who have risked their lives for our country. This day was significant because it was "The War to end all Wars,” World War I. This day was mainly set aside to show pride to our veterans of World War I. In 1938, Armistice Day, Veterans Day original name, became a legal holiday. In 1945 just after World War II ended, congress changed Armistice Day to Veterans Day. Since then, Veterans Day was created to show pride to American Veterans of every war, with the oddity of a few years in which it was celebrated every year on a Monday, November 11th.…
Finally George Washington made thanksgiving once a year. The Native Americans went through a lot. They got scalped Scalped is when they would take a knife and cut around the forehead. After they would pull the skin back off the head. They say that the native american were the original scalpers, when actually they were. When the edomites would scalp them all the blood cell and veins would come off with the scalp so the person would bleed to death. For each Scalp they cut off they would get paid 5 cents or more, to prove that person was dead.…
Thanksgiving is considered by many as being the worse meal of the year. Why? Because of the extreme overload of high-starch carbs that trigger blood sugar spikes for so many people. Just think of it. Pumpkin pie with a scoop or two of ice cream, corn bread stuffing, mashed potatoes, sugar-laden cranberry sauce and green bean casserole, that's why.…
Veterans Day was originally called Armistice Day after an armistice was signed to temporarily seize fighting during World War I on the eleventh hour, of the eleventh day, of the eleventh month in 1918. November 11th was officially designated a federal holiday in 1938, and in 1954, after World War II and the Korean War, it was renamed Veterans Day to honor those who have served in all wars.…
Memorial Day was first celebrated in the years following the Civil War and was officially labelled a federal holiday in 1971. Memorial Day is celebrated on the last Monday of May, and it is celebrated to honor our veterans and remember past wars and the brave men and women that serve in the military today. Many people, young and old, visit cemeteries or memorials to honor a lost family member, or a friend. On memorial day, everyone is affected, even if they don’t know a veteran. This memorial day I joined my Boy Scout troop in setting flags on the graves of fallen soldiers and veterans who have passed away. We were honoring our community and the veteran’s service. But we could not honor those who fell many years ago in the Civil War.…
Jews gather together for a number of important holidays (sacred becoming a community). The holidays, festivals, and the Sabbath offer Jewish people a chance to set aside sacred time, (prayer and ritual). Almost the whole of Jewish history and teaching is embodied in its holidays/festivals -- in which traditions are passed from one generation to the next by means of stories, actions, symbolic food, and singing. Most festival celebrations are based on the home and family, with the events of the past being re-enacted in a way that makes them meaningful to present-day life. In my essay, I have discussed the holidays I was most interested in, which are the High Holidays (Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, and the Days of Awe), two of the three pilgrimage festivals (Sukkot and Passover), and Hanukkah.…
I knew it was the reason why my teacher spent the days leading up to it having us make hand turkeys and watch the Charlie Brown special in class, but my family never celebrated it. I never realized how strange that was until I shared it with a friend the week before. “What do you mean you don't celebrate Thanksgiving?!” he exclaimed. I recall the awkward predicament this put me in,…
With Columbus Day rapidly approaching us, a day celebrated by millions upon millions of people who dearly believe that he is a hero, you begin to wonder. Do these people know what they are celebrating? While yes, he “discovered” the New World, however people fail to acknowledge that Columbus was in fact a mass murderer. In all likelihood, he brought to life “the worst case of genocide imposed on one nation of human beings by another”.…
As Nelson Mandela once said,” Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world”. This is relevant because education that you get determines your future you have coming and having a steady schooling schedule to learn all the information that needs to be taught in that time. All year round schooling is better for students because the schedule is very fluctuated. Students will attend for more days at a time and receive weeks off. There are 10% of schools that actually have all year round schooling and only a 2 year dropout rate.…
Erik Larson uses this simile to communicate to his readers how awkward Burnham felt during this occasion. Burnham considered himself incompetent, especially since he was not able to get into Harvard or Yale and these men were able to go to these schools or schools like them. Compared to these highly trained architects, Burnham felt as if he did not belong there. Furthermore, by comparing this occasion with “being a stranger at someone else’s Thanksgiving,” Larson’s readers can comprehend how little and unwelcome Burnham was feeling sitting next to professional architects with a high level of education. By using this simile, Larson is able to describe how Burnham felt during this dinner.…
Thanksgiving is one of the most important holidays of the year and its important for every family…
Memorial Day, is a day of joy, a day of sorrow, that means many different things to many different people. Memorial Day is on every last Monday of May. Traditionally on a Monday the Kids will go to school and the parents go to work, but not on the last Monday in May, the school closes, the grills light, the beer cans flood the sidewalks like water during a category five hurricane. Or at least that's how it use to be, now all of the stores are open, the pools opens, and how you really see what the day is about,…