The first documented proof of a Seaconke Wampanoag community dates to 1924. That year, the Seaconkes built the First Free ...

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Thank you, John Nassivera, for this column (and for many others I’ve enjoyed reading over the years). Your nuanced truth-telling about the first Thanksgiving feast needed publication.

This Thanksgiving, I gave a special thanks that, after 400 years, the English-speaking people and the Wampanoag people of New England have finally recognized each other as equals and are able to live ...

I’m writing this a couple days before Thanksgiving, but I’m thankful it will not be appearing until after the holiday — I don’t want to spoil it for anyone. I’d say it is my favorite national holiday, ...

But the first Thanksgiving in 1621, shared between the Pilgrims of the Plymouth Colony and the Wampanoag people, looked quite different—and its significance runs deeper than the food on the table.

The narrative that underpins the traditional Thanksgiving story is built on myths about the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag and their relationship.

The Wampanoag "probably brought corn and meat as well," she added. But most of the Thanksgiving foods they ate were different from the ones we enjoy today.

Americans are told the first Thanksgiving took place in 1621, when the Pilgrim settlers of Plymouth, Massachusetts, invited the Wampanoag to a harvest feast.

The Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe attended the first Thanksgiving: 16-year-old Ciara Hendricks is their Powwow Princess and face of the future.