No one knows quite what to do with Thanksgiving since most of what we think of as “tradition” is bogus, former Historic ...
The meal shared by the Wampanoags and the Pilgrims consisted of mostly venison. In fact, the only foodstuff on record specifically by name are the three deer the Wampanoag people brought to the ...
When a police officer ordered Eugenia Fortes and a friend off a whites-only Barnstable beach nearly 80 years ago, Fortes ...
For the Pilgrims at Plymouth, Massachusetts, a three-day feast in the autumn of 1621 was a thanksgiving for a successful ...
On Thursday, Nov. 26, 1789, George Washington woke early. Assisted by his enslaved valets – William “Billy” Lee and the young ...
Did the Pilgrims have pets? Apparently they brought dogs with them to the new world! BUT - that doesn't mean they should ...
As divided and as stressed as we are, we do have much to be thankful for It’s one of history’s greatest ironies that a holiday that we’ve come to associate with belt-loosening and piling the plate ...
John Buttrick writes from his Vermont Folk Rocker in his Concord home, Minds Crossing. Thanksgiving is less than a week away.
Amelia Schafer is the Indigenous Affairs reporter for ICT and the Rapid City Journal. She is of Wampanoag and ...
Boston this week. Plus, $25 tickets to the holiday season’s hottest shows and discounts on gifts so well-curated you might ...
Thanksgiving brings families together and gives us wonderful memories. Turkey is on the menu in most homes that celebrate the ...
Hostility to Thanksgiving isn’t a reaction to the treatment of Indigenous peoples. The Wampanoag tribe — which helped the ...