For Many Native Americans, Fall Is The Least Wonderful Time Of The Year
"Fall is the annual middle finger this country gives Native Americans," says one member of the Oglala Lakota nation.
"Do Indians celebrate Thanksgiving?"
I am asked this question at least once every fall. Which, by the way, is too many times.
The answer is that my family (though I can't speak for the other 5 million Indigenous people in America) doesn't. Not the "brave-pilgrims-and-friendly-savages" version of the holiday, anyway. Twenty or 30 of us might gather under the same roof to share a meal. We'll thank the creator for our blessings.
But that could be true of any Thursday night in a Wampanoag house.
Wish any of us a
