Per Weitzel, Native American Heritage Month was preceded by the establishment of the last week of November (inclusive of Thanksgiving) as “American Indian Week” in 1986 under President Ronald ...

A few months later, Claveria was on a panel at UC Santa Barbara about Thanksgiving and was asked twice by a student moderator about what Thanksgiving was like growing up Native American. She did ...

It's National Native American Heritage Day. As a way to learn about Native American history, Tuscarora Nation shares how Thanksgiving is observed.

Thanksgiving has become a holiday all about the turkey and all the fixings, but let’s not forget the roots of the holiday, as well. November is Native American Heritage Month, ...

Thanksgiving is considered by some to be a national day of mourning. Professor Robert Jensen, of the University of Texas at Austin, previously suggested in an op-ed that Americans replace the ...

From sports mascots to Halloween costumes to Native American-themed dress-up, "Native Americans face mockery of our culture every day," said Keturah Peters, a member of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe ...

FastHorse being the first Native American woman known to have a play produced on Broadway, maybe we’ve finally started. The Thanksgiving Play Through June 4 at the Helen Hayes Theater, Manhattan ...

Although many Americans view Thanksgiving as a beloved holiday, it is viewed by some who have abandoned the holiday as a celebration of the conquest of Native Americans.

My Thanksgiving: How testifying for Native Americans made me a witness to history I'm a scholar of Native American history. But my real education came from working with Native people in the present ...

“Thanksgiving, commemorating the Pilgrims’ harvest feast, and sometimes marked as a day of mourning to recognize the decimation of the Native Americans by the colonists,” the calendar says.