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Changing the narrative disrupts the hierarchy of white people being good, nice, and perfect. The original story of Thanksgiving is about making peace and eating a meal together to celebrate but the actual story is pure genocide and shows how much we shouldn't put people above others and listen to both sides of a story. We as a society have always perceived other cultures as bad or take them and make them our own with no regard for the history but by showing the real story we fix the hierarchy and make it even the tiniest bit more balanced especially when we change the traditions to something more respectful.

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In history, I have noticed that there is a large trend with white people changing stories to benefit themselves. When learning the real story and meaning behind "Thanksgiving", it's clear to anyone how the Englishmen were obviously- for lack of a better term- villains. With a story that so clearly showed their true colors, the only imaginable way around that would be to switch the story around completely. Besides the fact that the story is completely manipulated and warped, Wampanoags have been silenced. There is no way possible for them to tell their story when so many have learned and been influenced already by the Americanized version of "Thanksgiving."

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Initially, when I learned that the Wampanoag and other Native American tribes thought of Thanksgiving as a day of mourning, I was shocked. However, as I continued reading the article I began to see that this is a justified response, seeing as it resulted in the genocide and cultural loss of their people. They had taught the pilgrims how to plant and harvest crops, which resulted in the colony’s first major success on this “new” land. In return, the Wampanoag and the other Native American tribes were savagely slaughtered and their children were sent to schools where they were taught to abandon their “Indian ways” and their culture. Not to mention, a lot of the people who were sent to these “schools” did not return.

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I think that the story of Thanksgiving was changed radically over the years because, not only was the reality of the holiday actually about massacre, it also painted white people in an extremely bad light, which looks super bad as they like to be the "heroes" in the story. So they decide to cover the whole thing up believing that all the Native Americans were presumed to be dead and therefore couldn't reveal the truth. However, as years went on, a lot of people began to grow up faster, gaining a lot more access to information they wouldn't have before as they learn the truth and decide to act upon it.

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I think that the story on Thanksgiving has changed radically over the years to paint the Englishmen in a more positive light. The story has been misinterpreted and the voices of many Wampanoags have been silenced; because of this they haven't been able to tell their side of the story. I also believe that the English are responsible to manipulating the original story so that the truth remains untold. In more recent years, people have given their own meaning for Thanksgiving and it's become so far from the events that actually followed the arrival of the Mayflower.

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I think the story of Thanksgiving has changed over the years is because societies views have changed through the years. People started to view this day from the day of mourning to thanksgiving day. As people start to view it as a day to give thanks to those who are close to us like friends and family. The people shifted this day to thanksgiving to create a better fit to America's system and ideals.

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I think that the story of Thanksgiving was changed so much over the period of time is because different people and cultures could think the holiday means one thing to them while another interpretation is also valid. It really just depends on the person's ideals to what they believe this holiday means to them.

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I think the story of Thanksgiving has changed radically over the years because of how society interprets the holiday. Over the years, we all started celebrating Thanksgiving in our own way which caused the holiday to change from a holiday for mourning and catosptrohe to giving thanks and celebrating. The story changed because it didn't fit into America's ideal structure for humankind and was shifted to better fit standards.

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Tatiana Feghali Prompt 1 1) Why do you think the story of Thanksgiving has changed so radically over the years?

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Tatiana Feghali Prompt 1 1) Why do you think the story of Thanksgiving has changed so radically over the years?

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As the years go by so does the acknowledgement of minorities begins to grow. Something that pilgrims once took credit for is now being fought against and recognized by the U.S. People are starting to fight for change and holding this country accountable. A prime example is native activists fighting Columbus day and making people acknowledge and realize the history they were taught before was wrong and hurtful. As well as textbooks, recourses, internet, activists sharing the stories of those who have come before them all has created a small change in the world. The more knowledge people have the more power they hold. Thanksgiving should be used to celebrate the  Wampanoags instead of the pilgrims.

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I think Thanksgiving has changed so much overtime because people are changing as well. Now a days people are more curious about things so they want to look into it. Different people celebrate different things and they can celebrate it in a different way from someone else. The first Thanksgiving wasn't one big meal like how we celebrate now, it was a week long feast. Sometimes people would eat together and sometimes they would eat separately.

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After reading the article, I was not surprised when the other tribes of the Native Americans and the Wampanoag see and discuss Thanksgiving as the Day of the Mourning. I mean I knew that Thanksgiving was and probably still is a negative thing they viewed from the beginning, but I never knew that they made it distinctly clear by giving it an official name significant to them. The pilgrims, colonists, and all of the above were so desperate to look for land that they wiped off the people who were living happily there and in peace. Not only were there unwanted people on their land, but there was also an unwanted disease called small pox. So, I completely understand why they call Thanksgiving the Day of the Mourning, and everyone else needs to dive into their perspective as well so that they can understand it more.

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Thanksgiving's tale has evolved as the country's cultural ideals have shifted. We've started to pay attention to the true narrative behind our whitewashed past, and we've begun to appreciate the perspectives of oppressed people. The tales of oppressed peoples and how they feel have become increasingly important in the last two generations. We recognize the significance of their experiences and genuine history, which is why the plot has been drastically altered.

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I think the story of Thanksgiving has changed to radically over the years to hide the tragic and disturbing truth of how America came to be 'our land'. I beleive that the English changed the story of Thanksgiving to hide that Englishmen manipulated and backstabbed the Native Americans, their land, and techniques to steal not only their land away from them but to also colonize and diminish their culture. Keeping the truth under wraps and portraying the false truth of Thanksgiving to schools and media helps keep the truth of America as 'good and pure' and make it seem that the Englishmen are the good guys when in reality it was an act of cruelty and colinization.

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I had recently started hearing people talk about this, but I never really payed much attention to it. After reading the article I was shocked at how much of what I've learned at school was a lie. It is also very sad that they call Thanksgiving the Day of Mourning while everyone else is enjoying their day, they think about all those they have lost because of the pilgrims.

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I think there are many reasons why Thanksgiving has changed over the years, but there is one solid answer/reason. I think that the main reason they changed it was to satisfy the public opinion on the “holiday” which was to see it as something great when in reality it was a time to mourn and a tragedy. For instance the tragic thanksgiving did not fit Americas standards so they made changes which made some people forget the victims involved.

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I was shocked that everything I had learned on the subject of Thanksgiving was inaccurate. I had learned through the lens of the pilgrims and not one detail from the Native Americans. I am now informed that the Wampanoags were not invited to the feast, and that they were repaid for their help by being murdered. They were also forced into a new religion and language, with the alternative of being killed. With their voices now being heard, the Wampanoags can inform others who are not aware of what occurred 400 years ago. I believe that the land they used to own is still rightfully theirs and should be given back. I now know that the story of Thanksgiving has been covered up to seem positive, when in reality it is a story of betrayal and greed.

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My reaction was something close to empathy, but closer to sympathy than it is closer to empathy. Sure, I understand their pain as something similar happened to my people, the Vietnamese, in the past, and the cause of it was the Chinese. But the situation of my people was not that extreme like theirs to the point of danger that their race is close to extinction. I felt sympathy for them as their people were the ones whose existence is close to extinction because their actions to survive peacefully with the Pilgrims backfired on them.

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I was a bit surprised after reading that some Wampanoag and the other Native American tribes refer Thanksgiving as the Day of the Mourning. I knew that over the years researchers tried to find the details behind the story of the first Thanksgiving, but I did not know about the Native Americans perspective. During my elementary days, students would learn about Columbus. I guess now society is finally getting to recognize that the Native Americans and the Wampanoag had a different story to tell. According to the article it gave information on how they were treated unfairly. It was referenced that they wanted to only celebrate the survival of the tribe but not the pilgrims.

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After reading the article about Wampanog and other Native Americans, I was in disbelief. If I'm being honest, I've never even heard of this, whether it be in history books, class, anywhere. I was so saddened to imagine how much pain, how much people suffered. It really changes your perspective of everything and really gives you personal insight. It goes to show how much culture and pain was silenced. Every story and death was erased, and it's.. heart breaking. Their stories are beginning to being told but slowly. I'm glad I got to be one of them, and I hope more people will know the truth to Thanksgiving and it's dark reality.

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I believe that the story of Thanksgiving has changed rapidly because the original story was very biased and one-sided. We began to question and theorize how accurate the original story was, as time progressed. This caused evidence of the actual story to surface.

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Read NEWSELA Article-Please respond to ONE of the following prompts:

1) Why do you think the story of Thanksgiving has changed so radically over the years?

2)What is your reaction after reading that some Wampanoag and other Native American tribes refer to Thanksgiving as the Day of Mourning?

3) How does changing the traditional Thanksgiving narrative disrupt systems of power in our country & culture?

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I think it would be really different. Since for many different people and sides they have a different say in the story. Revealing over time that it wasn’t good but was pretty interesting none the less. But now people are questioning the events in history. In my thought it’s allowing people to understand it better in their own ways and how they can explore many means of finding the truth.

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This story really surprised me and it is shocking to see that the majority of people living in America during day of a celebration. Furthermore, this had also showed the negative moments with the arrival of the pilgrims had with the Indians. There are different perspectives when it comes to Thanksgiving. Some may love it and enjoy it while some other had it resulting in families experience departure and changed their lives.

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because of the cutler Chang in the stats unlike most holidays it is changing like having pork or pizza for diner in sted of turkey.

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I was surprised when I read that because for a majority of people living in America it is a day of celebration. But then as I read more and how much of a negative impact the arrival of the pilgrims had on the Indians I understood. It's quite shocking because when you think of Thanksgiving you typically think of families spending time with each other. But when you learn that the First Thanksgiving probably resulted in families being torn apart it changes your perspective.

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I think the reason Thanksgiving changed over the years is a simple yet complicated answer. The simple way to put it, Americans changed it because it didn't fit America's brand and put us all in a bad light. The complicated way to answer, it's human nature to change, and we end up changing everything around us. We've changed the earth, the materials around us, the food, the animals, even the ideas we come up with; we change everything. And another part of human nature is sweeping every bad thing under the rug. Thanksgiving was a tragedy, but it didn't fit the story of America and was changed to ignore the victims. History is written by the victors, after all!

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I think the story of thanksgiving has changed so much over the years is because people have begun to question everything. Instead of just saying it's thanksgiving, they have begun to look into it and see the real history behind it. This has led to some discovery's that are good and bad. It's similar to what happened with Christopher Columbus day, which was changed to Indigenous People's day recently when it came to light what Christopher Columbus really did in the Americas.

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Before reading this article I had a general idea of what thanksgiving was about. As I  read it is saddling how the wampangoag tribe treated Americans with such respect, they helped them survive. They treated them back with slaughter and disrespect. There voices and story has gotten lost through the years in our Thanksgiving feast and thankful traditions. We should be thanking the Indian tribes instead. They were never even invited to the feast As technology has advanced we are now able to get our voices heard about why this holiday is completly  corrupt.
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2)What is your reaction after reading that some Wampanoag and other Native American tribes refer to Thanksgiving as the Day of Mourning?

I was not surprised after reading that some Wampanoag and other Native American tribes refer to Thanksgiving as the Day of Mourning. The colonial mindset and desperate strategies of the pilgrims to conquer acres of land and to discover settlement resulted in a mass-genocide of Native American tribes, including the Wampanoags. It is a history that is not nearly emphasized enough, and the context of Thanksgiving from the Wampanoag's perspective should be heard in order to better understand their narrative.

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The true story in the beginning was harsh, but skip centuries later specifically around 2005-2015 where technology further advanced, and now people's opinions can be spread out everywhere. So things like articles and the truth was brought out to medias that people use the most, and now in present time fully understand the reality of thanksgiving and choose to not be a part of it. When back then we just celebrated it just because.

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I think the story has changed so much because it would never be acceptable to celebrate genocide. They have to lie and change the story in order to get the masses to celebrate genocide.

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The story of Thanksgiving has changed because the country's cultural values have changed. We have began to look at the real story behind our white washed history and we've started to value the sentiments of the marginalized groups. These past 2 generations value to stories of oppressed peoples and how they feel. We see the importance of their stories and true history which is why the story has changed to radically

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I feel like it changed because people opened up and realized what was wrong when having Thanksgiving. More education was put into schools.

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As we read the article in class and as we went through each paragraph I realized that I know nothing about what Thanksgiving is. I just remember it was about pilgrims and Indians eating a big feast together but I never really truly understand what was the meaning behind it. After reading the article it was just so shocking to me to see how this tribe the Wampanoags were so kind to the pilgrims and welcomed them. They taught them how to plant and fertilize and just the needs to survive then in the end after all this success and kindness they were never invited to their "harvest feast". Its just annoying to me how the Wampanoags gave them their kindness and in return they weren't appreciated. In the end it was only the beginning of this tribe and other Indigenous tribes freedom being taken away from them. Its just unfair.

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Thanksgiving 'National Day Of Mourning' For Some

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Read NEWSELA Article-Please respond to ONE of the following prompts:

1) Why do you think the story of Thanksgiving has changed so radically over the years?

2)What is your reaction after reading that some Wampanoag and other Native American tribes refer to Thanksgiving as the Day of Mourning?

3) How does changing the traditional Thanksgiving narrative disrupt systems of power in our country & culture?