We keep missing the point
By rebelann1949
@rebelann (117218)
El Paso, Texas
November 1, 2019 6:23pm CST
What does November mean to you fellow Americans?
I'll bet the first answer is Thanksgiving, right?
Do you really believe Native Americans feel the same way?
One of our stupid presidents thought November should be about Native American Heritage, with Thanksgiving on everyones brain no one ever thinks of them, have you?
As communities across the U.S. gather to honor Native American Heritage Month, we must center the lives and stories of LGBTQ and two-spirit Native American people.
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@TiarasOceanView (70020)
• United States
2 Nov 19
I remember that man in the photo there..cant recall where from.
Anyways no I do not think they feel the same.
I am not doing Thanksgiving that I know of.
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@TiarasOceanView (70020)
• United States
2 Nov 19
@rebelann Yes I do remember him then not a trick of my mind. What an outstanding presence he had.
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@BelleStarr (61463)
• United States
2 Nov 19
I have mixed feelings about this being of Native American descent myself on one side and the victim of natives killing my ancestors on the other. It's sort of like being Irish and English, my ancestors hated each other.
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@rebelann (117218)
• El Paso, Texas
3 Nov 19
There were plenty of skirmishes between the french and brits between 1610 and 1792 and both sides convinced some natives to help them @BelleStarr buy 1792 a lot of natvie americans were already completely displaced and some of those that survived the attacks on their people decided they might as well join the whites.
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@BelleStarr (61463)
• United States
3 Nov 19
@rebelann Well since my native ancestors married white settlers, I guess we solved the problem. I don't condemn them but they did horrible brutal things to my one ancestor and she did not deserve that. They were not defending their land they were in the pay of the French and killing settlers, the natives were not local to where my ancestors lived.
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@crazyhorseladycx (39503)
• United States
3 Nov 19
'tis way past time that the native peoples 're finally bein' given some respect. still lots 'f work to be done. i've deep roots 'n lots 'f thoughts. best if'n not aired'n places like here :)
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@crazyhorseladycx (39503)
• United States
5 Nov 19
@rebelann no ma'am, no reason. jest a choice i prefer to make. i've 'nough conflicts 'n told my thoughts've no warrant here'n the home front.
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@Alexandoy (65302)
• Cainta, Philippines
2 Nov 19
I'm sorry that I cannot relate to that very well because we don't have Thanksgiving here although I had tasted a Thanksgiving turkey when I was in California one Thanksgiving day.
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@porwest (112804)
• United States
3 Nov 19
@rebelann I feel for them. I really do. But they are essentially still Americans and they have the same opportunities that you and I do to get ahead or stay behind. The past is the past. Time to move on is what I say, and essentially they (the Indians) have. There are just still some Americans that feel we have to apologize for something.
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@changjiangzhibin89 (17239)
• China
2 Nov 19
We don't celebrate Thanksgiving,but know of it and roast turkey.
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@PatZAnthony (14749)
• Charlotte, North Carolina
3 Nov 19
We don't do Thanksgiving for many reasons. Actually, we don't do a lot of things others do! Still waiting for "Columbus" day to be thrown out and "Indigenous Peoples Day" to be put in. Think it will happen while we are still here?
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@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
3 Nov 19
I had never heard of the national day until I opened my computer a couple of days ago and found out about it. There are a lot of days I don't think about. I have Native American ancestry and I'm glad I do, but it's really not a big deal to me. It's more important that I'm a person who honors God first.
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@andriaperry (118793)
• Anniston, Alabama
2 Nov 19
I live day by day, not sure if I can do Thanksgiving but I will try. I think about the Natives often, all year.
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@rebelann (117218)
• El Paso, Texas
2 Nov 19
I don't do Thanksgiving but I do give thanks everyday for my life and those of my kritters. I also try to make people aware of what the red man has suffered. Few ever even mention those tribes that were brutally annihilated.
