Longtime cultural educator Hope Flanagan (Seneca, Turtle Clan) says that, in teaching the true history of a holiday that represented the beginning of colonization for the Indigenous People of ...

FILE - In this Sept. 25, 2020, file photo, Annawon Weeden sits for a portrait outside his home in Oakdale, Conn. As schools rethink Thanksgiving lessons, many are also looking to expand lessons on ...

It is good that “The American Revolution,” a series by Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein and David Schmidt, premiered on PBS the week before Thanksgiving. It is good to be reminded of the sacrifices that were ...

The classroom scenes are unfolding once again with the seasonal rhythm of autumn colors: teachers leading students through tales of Pilgrims and Indians, roast turkeys and pumpkin pies, Thanksgiving ...

In a year of firsts, this year was the first Thanksgiving Day to line up with the Oregon Department of Education’s new “Tribal History/Shared History” curriculum. The curriculum was created so schools ...

Tue, November 23, 2021 at 2:00 PM UTC Clark, who is the deputy editor of Yahoo’s In the Know and founder of a Native American moms Facebook group, says that having her own relatives “break stuff down ...

Most Americans meticulously plan their Thanksgiving meals and travel, sometimes budgeting months in advance to celebrate at a reasonable price tag. This prudent embodiment of both gratitude and ...

BOSTONBOSTON — A friendly feast shared by the plucky Pilgrims and their native neighbors? That’s yesterday’s Thanksgiving story. Students in many U.S. schools are now learning a more complex lesson ...

Instead of making Pilgrim hats, students are hearing what scholars call “hard history” — the more shameful aspects of the past. Susannah Remillard teaches her sixth-grade students at Cape Cod ...