What really happened on Thanksgiving day?

For Thanksgiving this year Indian Country Today Media Network spoke to the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe's Tribal Historic Preservation Officer to get a better understanding of what really happened 401 years ago at the first Thanksgiving, and what Wampanoags do today. read more

Here's what we really know about the first Thanksgiving, which took place in Plymouth in 1621 among the Pilgrims and Native Americans. Turkey wasn't the star of the meal Here's what we really know about the first Thanksgiving, which took place in Plymouth in 1621 among the Pilgrims and Native Americans. read more

What really happened was more like this: After two months and two deaths on the Mayflower crossing in 1620, the Pilgrims landed on the coast of Massachusetts, where an Algonquin-speaking group, the Wampanoags, lived. read more

There really is a TRUE Thanksgiving story of Plymouth Plantation. But I strongly suggest that there always has been a Thanksgiving story of some kind or other for as long as there have been human beings. read more