65. THANKSGIVING: Revisiting the Origin Story

This week, as many get ready to celebrate Thanksgiving, I wanted to revisit the story of the Pilgrims and the first Thanksgiving that many of us learned as kids. Because, I found out as an adult that I didn’t really learn the full story–I learned a mythologized version of it. And I learned that while I heard a lot about the Pilgrims landing at Plymouth, I didn’t know as much about the Wampanoag people who were already in New England, many of whom were living in what is part of Rhode Island today. Episode Source Material Image 9 of Massasoit's town Sowams in Pokanoket, its history, legends and traditions, Massasoit’s Illness, and How Winslow Cured Him - Account of Winslow visiting Massasoit Ousamequin Massasoit, Chief Who Signed Treaty With the Pilgrims, To Be Reburied | Smart News| Smithsonian Magazine Sowams Heritage Area Brochure Sowams Heritage Area Historical Overview Sowams Lives Four Centuries Later - coastalmags.com This Once Was Called Sowams - Reporter Today Pokanoket booklet FINAL SMALL.pdf with Ancient Records of Sowams and Parts Adjacent, illustrated. – Rhode Island History Navigator Sowams: with Ancient Records of Sowams and Parts Adjacent–Illustrated - Written by Thomas W Bicknell, 1908 Burr's Hill Early History - Narragansett Indian Tribe . Mount Hope Farm To Celebrate 400 Years Since First Thanksgiving | Bristol, RI Patch All the Facts About Thanksgiving | Newport, RI Patch Proclamation - Thanksgiving Day - 1806, Rhode Island - WallBuilders For Indigenous people, Thanksgiving represents a day of mourning White House Thanksgiving Turkeys in the Roaring '20s How to Tell the Thanksgiving Story on Its 400th Anniversary | History| Smithsonian Magazine This tribe helped the Pilgrims survive for their first Thanksgiving. They still regret it 400 years later. Thanksgiving's hidden past: Plymouth in 1621 wasn't close to being the first celebration Wampanoag History Tribal chief who signed treaty with Pilgrims to be reburied Pokanoket - Wikipedia Wampanoag - Wikipedia History of the Pokanoket Tribe Pokanoket is the name of the Massasoit’s tribe, not “Wampanoag” – Sowams Heritage Area Pokanoket not Wampanoag in 17th century Sowams June 5, 2020 Warren's History Burr’s Hill Pokanoket Royal Burial Ground – Sowams Heritage Area The Myths of the Thanksgiving Story and the Lasting Damage They Imbue | History| Smithsonian Magazine The true, dark history of Thanksgiving - Potawatomi.org Everything You Learned About Thanksgiving Is Wrong - The New York Times This Land is Their Land Culture — Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe In 1621, the Wampanoag Tribe Had Its Own Agenda Of Patuxet - Colonial Society of Massachusetts The History of the Pokanoket Tribal Diaspora

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65. THANKSGIVING: Revisiting the Origin Story is an episode from Weird Island by Sara Elizabeth Corben.

This episode is 00:25:53 long.

This episode was published on Nov 22, 2022.

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