Native American Girls Describe the REAL History Behind Thanksgiving | Teen Vogue

[@laurah8184]

As a teacher, I always teach the honest truth about holidays and events in History. Always shocks my students, but they need to know. People need to know the truth.

[@natnaelberhanu-i8w]

They also need to know Martin Luther King who used to teach equality started despising white people as time progressed. He later realized that segregation was actually better for black people rather than integrating with the people that oppressed them.

[@chrisbravo7659]

So what exactly did happen

[@l-i-o-nslight9930]

yup, good on you!

[@withlovetumi]

I know this comment is five years old, but thank you for telling your students the honest truth. I wish my previous teachers had been upfront and honest in regards to the history of Thanksgiving.

[@rockmyballsplease]

@@natnaelberhanu-i8w interesting. do you have a source for that? would love to read more.

[@vickysaitou4170]

History books are full of lies. Love the ending scene.

[@kn0wr3zz]

This video is a gigantic farce. The notion that all native people were a peaceful people before the arrival of the white man is the biggest lie ever told

[@henrymudgett2646]

kn0wr3zz Yes, but to say they were all horrific, brutally sadistic cannibals who routinely sacrificed, enslaved, tortured, and murdered white settlers is also wrong.

[@kn0wr3zz]

@@henrymudgett2646 never said that

[@henrymudgett2646]

kn0wr3zz Sorry, that’s the impression I got, since most who paint them as anything but victimized people’s of a violent conflict usually make me defend them.

[@ch1ck3nr0ll]

i agree with this

[@waynepan7433]

When some racists yelling "Get out of my country！", they have forgotten who this land originally belonged to.

[@shayer3306]

yeee, technically asians

[@melikedenizli768]

@@shayer3306 wth xD what asians?

[@melikedenizli768]

@@shayer3306 I hope u joking cause native americans≠asians like wtf

[@shayer3306]

@@melikedenizli768 yes, I'm joking. But just so you know Native Americans are decedents of Asians in which it could be stated that they only became native American after years of staying there and adapting to the environment meaning technically Asians were the first people to step foot in the Americas.

[@Xighor]

They didn't make America, America isn't the land it's the cities, building, the society, stores, politics, the people, the Constitution made, that's America No one technically owns any land it's always been switching around. You've got to realize were not citizens of America, France, China, UK, they're more like tribes, we live on Earth, and yes I believe countries are like tribes since just like with the natives it was never one peaceful unity it was tribal and full of war and disagreement. I think it's human nature

[@estelavergara6830]

Proud to be Native American ♥️

[@notyouraveragejoe6349]

Same here!

[@Allen-eq5uf]

Me too; I was born in America.

[@TodaysDante]

Be proud of your accomplishments. Not about things you have no choice over.

[@noname-bt9ky]

You look like white af.

[@youngin123]

All u do is hate the country

[@yvonnedelories4780]

What they did at the end of this video gave me chills!

[@sandman5522]

lol wut

[@kphoto83]

Yeah, cus they wasted an entire table of food that I know I wouldn't be able to afford. Made me more sick than anything.

[@cagekicker6178]

They're so brave. Real warriors. I can't believe people in south America would perform such atrocities. It's not like tribes killed each other or anything. It was total peace until those awful Europeans came. *insert eye roll x 100*

[@3axxxa.887]

KP_2ndAmndRights it’s fake food so nothing is wasted

[@caelachyt]

It would have been more accurate if there was human flesh on the table.

[@Mithra53]

Oh I didn't know that about thanksgiving. I am french from France and I am thankful that Native americans still exit. So many people love your differrent cultures. Be blessed

[@Cheerleader644860]

They are part of one of God's Chosen tribes. Gods not going to allow for all people out of any of his twelve tribes to be completely extinct. Because the Bible says after this world is destroyed, the Israelites will rule with Christ for 1,000 years.

[@gratefulone6433]

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[@Iman-ve3il]

@@Cheerleader644860 absolutely💯. ALL PRAISES TO THE MOST HIGH GOD.... WHAT THE NATIONS DO FOR EVIL... GOD TURNS IT AROUND FOR GOOD.... IT WILL CÔME BACK ON THEM TENFOLD!!

[@Cheerleader644860]

@@Iman-ve3il first off I want it to come back more than that fold. Second of you must be a black Hebrew Israelite. I can tell one by their convo hehehehahaha

[@trashbaby9000]

@@Cheerleader644860 wait what? How do they know that Natives are part of the twelve tribes? I’m just curious.

[@miguelangelgarcia2664]

In Spain happens the same. We “celebrate” the Spain day, on the 12th of October. What we are actually celebrating is South America genocide. It's terrible I know.

[@hershythechocolate]

Mike G but Spain lost, Mexico whooped their asses. that's why we celebrate September 16 Mexico independence and may 15th a known war. Spain is still salty about their loss, trying to make it into a holiday? lol

[@bertacarrion2734]

no one is salty. People don't give a fuck about that day, kids just don't go to shcool, and the elders don't work. No one throws a party or anything, moreover a few people now why it's a holiday, the rest are just happy they don't get to go to work. Spain isn't patriotic like America is.

[@hershythechocolate]

Berta Carrión ohhh

[@miguelangelgarcia2664]

Hershy Dog yeah, Spain is a non sense country. People celebrate when they lost. I actually don't agree in the fact that Spain lost cuz nowadays almost all Latin America speak Spanish. The Spaniards robbed your names, your culture , your roots. Actually spaniards stole all the wealth. It's sad that there still people in Spain that believe that America was discovered when it was sacked & massacred.

[@miguelangelgarcia2664]

Berta Carrión actually some spaniards are extremely patriotic. Some of these are fascist

[@ladydriver2146]

I'm a Black American and I stand with my Native American Indian Sisters and brothers!!!

[@ericciaramella1984]

Especially these liars?

[@EntDominion]

I'm a native European a.k.a. white PAGAN and I stand with Native Americans!

[@ericciaramella1984]

@@EntDominion you mean the ones who make up lies and bs and then try to peddle it like it's actual history. This is the dumbest video on youtube.

[@savannahsav8801]

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT ENDING.

[@kphoto83]

Yeah, what a WASTE OF FOOD! GREAT JOB! Smh

[@Ashish447]

@@louis.gabriel +1

[@moneybxndz161]

KP_2ndAmndRights dry unseasoned cursed food that is

[@wzz225]

KP_2ndAmndRights 🙄 shut up

[@ashlynroanhorse3671]

@@kphoto83 and what a is a horrible person doing in this comment section like you please keep your opinions to your self for God's sake

[@livelaughmakomo1600]

This is why my mother didn’t celebrate thanksgiving? I just found out! This is sad

[@Basey]

Did she tell you that was why? There's also some religious groups that don't celebrate it.

[@KnowledgeOverIndoctrination]

Your mom was the best! Big salute goes to her for being true to the truth.

[@BuildSituation]

fake news

[@uvinunez9360]

@@BuildSituation The comment or video ?

[@YHLGguitargeek]

Masasoit brought the people _and_ the food to the Plymouth colony. It was a three-day rager where the Colonists were celebrating having not starved to death, and the Wampanoag were celebrating a new alliance which could help defend them against surrounding nations. An alliance which lasted 50 years beyond that first festival.

[@patriottroll1764]

It was the Wampanoag who broke the 50 year treaty.

[@codyosborne8926]

@@patriottroll1764 it's not that simple. Tisquantum, the last of his tribe and last English speaking native, tried to replace the Massasoit leader. The Massasoit wanted him dead for this and the setters refused to hand him over, breaking the treaty. The settlers broke the treaty. Nullifying all the agreements on it.

[@dod2304]

and the ONLY reason they didn't starve to death is because of what the native Americans taught them. They would've starved and died otherwise.

[@Lolodoesclothes]

Remind me of the story of Israel.. they came to Palestine and they teach them so many things and treated then like a family.. then look at what is happening now

[@sadtimesalways]

@@Lolodoesclothes lmao, sure

[@shadowofwolves777]

People know this and still celebrate Thanksgiving. It’s disturbing. We should be thankful every day

[@aguilartist]

@@shadowofwolves777 exactly 🙌🏽💯it’s a huge disrespect for Natives🤦🏽‍♂️

[@kekepalmer3904]

Im native American, my family is religious we look at Thanksgiving to thank god for what we have

[@TaylorLincoln401]

I am Native American and we also do the same. We try to remember to be thankful 🥲 for everything we have.

[@freebee95553]

Hey dont mind these people, there is a dark agenda against the foundation of this country. People actually believe that people back then really celebrated war and killing.

[@phil1333]

Thank you! Glad to see you have chosen to look to the future and be grateful. The past will never change, and those who live in it will continue to be miserable.

[@brokengirl8619]

I pray Jesus will reveal the truth. Bless you.

[@thaabitshabazz4117]

You have been Programed and should be Ashamed of Yourself

[@fruitoson4227]

I tried to tell this to my parents and they compared me to ISIS so

[@cuTarefishing]

Brainwashed people ! Fuck America !

[@bdlivenow2165]

Rezk, Animals are created for serve us, sacrifice for humans is the animals success.

[@herusuryono3506]

so you think that sun shines for you or water flows for you? now you have a reason why some people ask you to do many things because they just believe that you was created for them. not to mention, serving them.

[@ryanchaibi3068]

every organization and individual that try to fight back american invasion is labeled as terrorist

[@josephhonora3499]

fruitoson its up to us

[@dargay386]

Thanksgiving means something different now. Can't ban all holidays. God bless these native americans who have suffered a lot.

[@danabattisto7634]

I stopped all pagan helladays. Eat and drink with my family daily. That's as it should be

[@Thewolverine0865]

People aren't asking to ban holidays.

[@nicoleblount7610]

It’s interesting you don’t see Native people talk about Thanksgiving. Maybe it’s a day of mourning for them

[@keke555788]

It is

[@violetwoods6437]

Its when we won this great america

[@thenamesniaa8384]

@@violetwoods6437 you didn’t win anything

[@nothing-fv5xc]

For some of us it is

[@lunawolfheart336]

It is a day of mourning for them

[@LuisUrquidi-f4b]

This made me feel deep sadness and also respect for these young women who are so aware of their history and culture. The need to remember is important, and I believe no matter how uncomfortable the truth is, we can not write the story without the indigenous peoples telling their truths and experiences. I salute these young women.

[@ave0828]

Fun fact, This video had almost 30k DISLIKES.

[@whocares11222]

what happened? youtube didnt like it?

[@samuelwinter2554]

That's why they're getting rid of the dislike button. They can't keep up with tweaking all their propaganda at the same time.

[@mikejunior211]

Throwing good food to the ground, what a wholesome message for kids. Thumbs down.

[@mikejunior211]

Manipulation 101.

[@islandhopper7614]

@@mikejunior211 actually, no. It's not manipulation. I'm as much of a spoiled capitalist American as anyone. But we took these people's s**t. Have the balls to admit it, and quit crying about it. This land, its plentiful natural resources, and everything on it, belonged to someone else. We took it. End of discussion.

[@cieraaa22]

Im so proud to be Native. Always

[@hasnapiekne8144]

Ciera Rockwood oh! *-*

[@hasnapiekne8144]

Ciera Rockwood (♥ω♥ ) ~♪

[@em_mkay]

Ciera Rockwood you should be!!!!💕💕

[@EyamPurfectDB]

💜💜

[@Allen-eq5uf]

Be proud of your accomplishments, not something that you have no control over.

[@Prettyboi_Lele]

Maybe American history wouldn't be so boring if they told the truth

[@Adrian-animations]

I got mad goosebumbs when they knocked the table over like dayumm. Love my ancestors and grateful we still stand today

[@Adrian-animations]

@9ognimus9 I'm sorry my ancestors aren't good enough for you lol

[@Adrian-animations]

@9ognimus9 lol ok 👌

[@hoodscene8897]

@@Siddeo stop believing all the native Americans are gone when there all shades we the Black American population are the Native to America to we didn’t all come over on slave ships its been proven

[@Dogtles]

I especially love that all the girls are smirking and trying to keep a straight face except that one girl who looks genuinely pissed off and the other girl that looks surprised

[@official_youth_]

@@Siddeo you are so ignorant because you don't understand the history of what the Indigenous people went through

[@mashr52010]

We cannot change the past, but we can honor it, while building a better future. 🧡

[@rivkahhoneysgirl5442]

And not honoring it by having a Thanksgiving meal and calling it something else!

[@VidMediumNS]

​​@@rivkahhoneysgirl5442ok or keep it as what people know but create a deeper meaning of "not being enemies" everyone's ancestors did each other wrong and holding on to the idea that generations down we can't prove anger wrong is toxic. Being thankful we know better and can be better to ourselves and others. Wasted opportunity to hold on to grief and vexation about people who could be different. You burn your own bridges by not accepting change in people and time

[@richardvasquezivfunandgame1199]

@@rivkahhoneysgirl5442exactly. I have some native back ground. I don’t celebrate it.

[@IndigoChyld]

​@@richardvasquezivfunandgame1199same here.

[@LeeAdrian777]

Thank you for your contributions to a better today.

[@1kuhl1]

I'm 50. In school our teacher taught us the truth.

[@wiseoldsnail]

wow . i find that amazing and i hope it's true . at 62, none of the generations before me and soon after were taught the truth

[@1kuhl1]

@@wiseoldsnail yes I was 11 and in va. Or 12 in Calif. But it was just once. I hated that teacher. I got an f every yr after that. He said when the people where beheaded a guy held up the head and eyes were blinking and the mouth was moving . it was scary to me. Never listened again. But yes he told us thanksgiving was fake. He told us a lot. Good teacher but I was too innocent to hear the head thingy. I thought my son since the day he was born about thanksgiving.

[@Metallkopf86]

If you think the "white man" was barbaric apparently you didn't hear much about the indians......

[@rthawknatanabah1759]

So...as in 2019 the white house is in a dark alley at Washington DC....😉

[@stevenschwartzhoff1703]

Same age here, much the same. The problem is usually not the student were not taught the truth but that they simply did not listen.

[@islandhopper7614]

"Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free".

[@christophersmith9446]

That ending though 😈

[@Rynoverse]

So powerful 🙄

[@Siddeo]

@NTR_LORD perhaps you haven’t experienced anti social tendencies in humans. That’s why you are giving importance to such issues that happened centuries ago and are trivial today instead of focusing on present day problems

[@glossygloss472]

cringe

[@pattycastillo8681]

@@Siddeo they got their land stolen too they are force to live in poor areas in USA they don’t get proper rights

[@pearl_r]

@@Siddeo what ? Lol what does white people shooters gotta do with the ending ? But yes the ending was necessary

[@HoneyDropSubliminals]

It was never called Thanksgiving at the time.

[@gandolfthewhite]

Honey Drop Subliminals Abraham Lincoln declared a holiday of Thanksgiving in 1863 during the American Civil War. So the young women lying in the KZbin are not only misinformed but are spouting dangerous, racist lies.

[@HoneyDropSubliminals]

@@gandolfthewhite If that is their intention, then I guess. But I'm just stating that the holiday given was not even named Thanksgiving. It was just an evening feast with no name.

[@sovietbirdz]

They had feasts and gave thanks. Even though it had been an established cultural tradition, it was never given a formal name until Lincoln. So this video is still accurate, it just was not called Thanksgiving until later.

[@HoneyDropSubliminals]

@@sovietbirdz ^

[@1981lashlarue]

So?

[@mikaelwest7753]

I have never celebrated Thanksgiving

[@MiguelRodriguez-oy3ep]

Sean McFarland me

[@busayo_ob]

Same I'm British

[@MiguelRodriguez-oy3ep]

Sean McFarland yeah I did

[@coffee2l]

Same cos I don't live in the us

[@kaylaa7889]

Sean McFarland it’s a comment section - you don’t need to be asked by someone to make a comment.

[@nikofeelan47]

Why does this mean we shouldn't celebrate Thanksgiving? If the vast majority of people don't know the real story, then it means they're not celebrating massacres. And no one today is celebrating massacres anyway.

[@groverdine]

This comment is ignorant.

[@TracyDizon]

i think it's an honest question... @@groverdine

[@onlynhmusic]

I am Native and my mother's side has never been big on thanksgiving. The name Christopher Columbus is a cuss word in my house.

[@thefreshprincessofeverywai4302]

I'm Haitian creole n when I say I am native American to professionals they question it. Like I can speak native partially so y can't I claim it??? N when I was in highschool I had no choice but to claim creole b.c I kept cutting my long hair n it grew back sooo fast n it was soft n looked like I was wearing a wig. Ppl would always question y my hair is the way it is n I said i was creole (native, french, African).

[@xz3fx410]

Im white and Im a native. I WAS BORN HERE. Happy Thanksgiving.

[@spykatt]

You DO know Columbus was 130 years before the Pilgrims and Thanksgiving, right?

[@ChrisM-ut4xb]

Your family sounds like a bunch of weak minded losers

[@itsame1477]

@@spykatt you do know Columbus killed nearly all of my fellow Native American Taino ppl in Puerto Rico, right? You do know Native Americans are all over the Western Hemisphere, right? Facts.

[@MrBryann93]

Some of you people in the comments are so upset! The amount of negativity and hate is ridiculous.

[@9822703]

the indians man they just can't stop the yiiyiyiyiyiyiyiyiyyiyiyiyiyiyiyyiyiyyy anger

[@ssminowjohnson9687]

@@9822703 White guilt

[@koltengames2171]

Thank you

[@Quietstorm_ATL]

They don’t want to reckon with the truth. Look around, they are trying to rewrite history in general!

[@aguilartist]

@@MrBryann93 they want to sugar coat everything with whiteness 🤦🏽‍♂️🤦🏽‍♂️

[@janetreed4038]

Perfect example of the psychological damage victimhood places on people. Also, who the hell has pomegranate for thanksgiving?

[@joshuastevens232]

Thanksgiving is about celebrating when the natives saved the lives of the pilgrims. That’s literally what is being celebrated. The deaths of natives aren’t being celebrated. This video backed no claims it made

[@msixtailshadow1668]

Reminded of the scene in Addams Family Values.

[@ajeydev1258]

i cried after watching this video i am new to this side of history and exploring it hurts me like a lot. I am from India but can feel your pain.

[@magicskyfairy69]

don't cry, these people are liars. The native indians weren't some homogenous group of peaceful tree hugging hippies, they were at constant war with each other, and europeans were merely the most recent arrival in an untamed land. It has never been the case that the first people to lay foot in a place get to own the entire continent indefinitely.

[@ladysensei1487]

Thanks Teen Vogue for giving these girls a platform!

[@cindyrainge7697]

I’m an older Black female. I’m ashamed that I never knew this history. I enjoy being with family but I will never view Thanksgiving the same.

[@godschild5587]

Stop celebrate thanksgiving, get together with your family another day.

[@renaud160]

This isn't a statement we all knew how it was created .

[@thanasis-_-]

KKONA

[@GaladRiel1512]

I am grateful the Native Americans still stand strong despite what they have been gone through! I stand with you!

[@michaeljones1133]

They were slave owners

[@krisr7987]

@@michaeljones1133 Back then not just white people were slave owners. Other races including black people were also slave owners and not just to free their own families but to also abuse them and exploit them

[@Worlds_to_Explore]

The sadness behind so many truths of the past is nearly palpable. Monsters are real and by heinous acts they have dominated. The Web has allowed for truth and transparency if it is sought. Thank you young Native Sisters for sharing.

[@cagekicker6178]

If only they had built a wall

[@lethamash7784]

​@@cagekicker6178to keep the European invaders out

[@SPQR7117]

@@cagekicker6178 No, if only all of them were capable of getting along themselves. People conveniently ignore the fact that the vast majority of these tribes didn't always get along- there were regional wars, conflicts- some attempted to subdue others as slaves. Point is- they were doing to each other what the world at large was doing already. Conquest- the strong ruled over the weak.

[@cagekicker6178]

@SPQR7117 you've summed up civilization since the dawn of time. Absolutely correct.

[@honchoisatora8716]

I’ve known this for years and being 25% Cherokee I do not celebrate Thanksgiving. I’m so happy for social media so this message can get out. God bless to all the of the Native Americans.

[@TheAIGhostwriter_MinorMiracle]

ah you dont celebrate being thankful.

[@brianboisguilbert6985]

Better to be a victim than to be a man, huh? Cry more

[@keanusmith4990]

This is somewhat the exact thing that happen to my people"Australia day" or as i call it survival day a lot of people dont know the actuall meaning behind.

[@MyrrdinMerlin]

@Vlavitir glutginskiya your answer is truly ignorant.

[@RaukuraHoops]

​@Vlavitir glutginskiya lol

[@markassko6426]

@@RaukuraHoops yeah keep insulting other languages! Youre not acting better than him, how ironic!

[@tumeke4328]

They use to shoot Aboriginal people for sport like British foxhunting. that's how bad they were treated.

[@tumeke4328]

@@OGvibes-tq6zl Niuean, Maori

[@brittneynicolesaenz2826]

See I told everyone about this they thought I was crazy and nobody's believed me

[@caelachyt]

They didn't believe you because you're wrong.

[@Poisonedblade]

Happy Thanksgiving! Go have a great time with your family today. Stop trying to ruin everyone else's fun.

[@Metallkopf86]

Liberalism is a mental disorder. The left seeks to destroy every holiday....

[@ceciff1357]

@@caelachyt proof it they are wrong.

[@caelachyt]

@@ceciff1357 - It is well documented that the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag were allied for half a century. The first Thanksgiving was a harvest feast celebrating the Pilgrim's first successful harvest which was aided by the Indians. This video is just more liberal BS. www.history.com/topics/thanksgiving/history-of-thanksgiving

[@AltaAnastazYah]

Love that ending. I've heard that same Thanksgiving lie growing up. I don't celebrate this crap anymore. I'm not Native American, but I understand their disdain for these European holidays.

[@Siddeo]

The ending scene was really not necessary. Whatever atrocities happened to Native Americans is now an ancient history. The perpetrators and victims are both gone long back. Aggressive gestures like the ending scene should be especially avoided when America is facing a real big problem of violence and is in dire need of unity. Mass Shootings after Mass shootings. Random People being shot at concerts , in movie theatres , in schools ,in Universities ,on roads ,in churches , in banks , in offices , in military bases ,in supermarkets , in nightclubs , in bars ,in resturants , in airports ...almost everywhere one can imagine.

[@fyerra]

@@Siddeo Not necessarily. "Whatever atrocities happened to Native Americans is now an ancient history" isn't exactly a great reason to just let everything go if there had been few attempts to reconcile. This sort of intergenerational trauma impacts their descendants to this day. And this so-called "aggressive gesture" is no more incitive than the common "mic drop" that people have been doing to make a point. People that find this triggering should really think hard about why they find this offensive.

[@moburgess3072]

@@fyerra well said - that trauma is still visible in 2021 and reconciliation is still an avoided topic. As long as the Doctrine of Discovery is upheld by White land owning Males in Congress and Senate, nothing will change. What is needed is a Native POTUS.

[@TheCeraization]

Cool, more food for me.

[@kyleball8396]

Not a european holiday

[@autofocus4556]

The one in the middle looks like she celebrates Thanksgiving twice a year at least.

[@dhineshkumarkandasamy2130]

Wow, since you can't refute their truth, you go to attack the person. You're the problem of this society!

[@autofocus4556]

Its_R not body shaming just pointing out the truth, brush 😂

[@autofocus4556]

Dhinesh Kumar Kandasamy this video is the problem with society today. Trying to tear down an American holiday every year that celebrates people coming together despite their differences. It’s just another cynical display of narcissism. The left’s speciality lol

[@autofocus4556]

Its_R It’s not bodyshaming, just saying she must really love thanksgiving 😂

[@baylormonty8117]

Thanksgiving was actually a very cheerful and peaceful time stuck in between a sea of death and war

[@darthjudithweber6059]

The video said "After every killing of a village the settlers celebrated it and called it thanks giving". What is your historical evidence for that?

[@kayleecrane4855]

Darth Judith Weber the dead bodies that were found

[@toutatis193]

@@kayleecrane4855 The dead bodies told them that?

[@aguilartist]

@@darthjudithweber6059 🤦🏽‍♂️what would you call this day then??!

[@darthjudithweber6059]

@@aguilartist "we need a holiday in november to keep people not so depresso day"

[@Jakeakatheone]

Teen Vogue....the place i got to for REAL info! not hundreds of documented books detailing the entire history of what occurred

[@riverbobbielove3722]

@Josh M the food was obviously fake but okay

[@lordreyna6924]

Roxana Şanta food photography is a real thing

[@youthleadermagazine]

“New Englanders certainly celebrated Thanksgivings-often in both fall and spring-but they were of the fasting-and-prayer variety. Notable examples took place in 1637 and 1676, following bloody victories over Native people. To mark the second occasion, the Plymouth men mounted the head of Ousamequin’s son Pumetacom above their town on a pike, where it remained for two decades, while his dismembered and unburied body decomposed. The less brutal holiday that we celebrate today took shape two centuries later, as an effort to entrench an imagined American community. In 1841, the Reverend Alexander Young explicitly linked three things: the 1621 “rejoicing,” the tradition of autumnal harvest festivals, and the name Thanksgiving. He did so in a four-line throwaway gesture and a one-line footnote. Of such half thoughts is history made.“ www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/11/25/the-invention-of-thanksgiving

[@Ada-ik1ow]

ah yes, white washed history, my favorite

[@rrgz7717]

Teen Vogue is a sack of crap that only promotes their agenda. They will never tell you that Natives have been fighting amongst themselves for centuries and that Europeans simply beat them at the game they had been playing. This video didn’t tell you that Thanksgiving was actually a celebration of friendship between the Natives and the settlers. The war didn’t occur until after the death of the Wampanoag leader Massasoit decades later. There’s lots that Teen Vogue will deliberately leave out for the purpose of having you people hate America, our history and our culture.

[@lenaroberson4984]

I'm Sioux Indian and black so basically all my roots have been in slavery and is still being mocked to this day I'm glad to be both ✊🏾

[@professor0reo700]

Thanksgiving is not about celebrating slavery or slaughter.

[@savagecreature]

Thanksgiving is about being thankful of what you have

[@lenaroberson4984]

@@professor0reo700 Yes it is just because someone said it's about being thankful for what you have does not mean that's what it is the dinner original was not a turkey dinner until the white man whitewashed the dinner and made it to be a slap in the face and disrespect to Native Americans

[@lenaroberson4984]

@@savagecreature Actually it is not it's about the native Americans being slaughter in their own country that was taken by white man and still is taken to this day

[@savagecreature]

@@lenaroberson4984 really? I always just celebrated for being thankful that my family is in health and having food to eat

[@Vic-pg4rg]

0:30 I actually learn that in my US Military History class. However there's more details than what they said. For example, the number sentenced to death was 303. But Lincoln heard about it and saw the number to be hanged. He carefully examine the case himself due to him being a lawyer and he discharged a lot of the convicted, leaving those 38. I leave a article for a complete history.

[@brittanyhayes1043]

My ancestors baptised these who were hanged.

[@marthaelujan5463]

@@brittanyhayes1043 303 or 38 - 1 is too many.

[@brittanyhayes1043]

@@marthaelujan5463 I know but I'm speaking a truth here. Not saying g I agree to the hangings. Just saying my ancestor baptized them before they were executed. I hope you don't agree to the Settler Massacures either. This was the result of bad governers and a Treaty that was a farse.

[@brittanyhayes1043]

@@marthaelujan5463 Are you familiar with Gideon Hollister Pond?

[@dod2304]

@@brittanyhayes1043 yeah, I always wonder when the LDS's will realize you can't baptize people who would've vehemently refused your religion when they were alive. Baptizing dead people who had their own spiritual practices and beliefs that were extremely meaningful to them. The ultimate disrespect.

[@dtw7544]

I can feel their rage... and I just celebrated thanksgiving yesterday thinking it was no harm!I’m sorry what y’all ancestors had to go though, even though sorry won’t change the fact about what happened.

[@godschild5587]

Stop celebrating thanks giving

[@godismerciful6200]

Thanks for teaching many who don't know the reality

[@cagekicker6178]

Since it's on the Internet that makes it true right? What sheep.

[@professor0reo700]

It's not the reality though. Thanksgiving is about peace between the two cultures.

[@EricaRenee1213]

I have always raised my kids to know truth. My ex-husband calls it Thanks-taking. Which is accurate.

[@brittanyhayes1043]

Sure Jane.

[@KuraiKuroNeko]

Hah! I've been saying this for YEARS as a both Native American and Hawaiian: Thanks for Taking, America! /insert heavy sarcasm

[@Vosk21]

I'm thankful that I can both understand history and still choose to share a thanksgiving table as a pagan tradition that predates the 38 and was intended for peace, despite how many ppl seem to relish starting fights at the dinner table with their relatives

[@gandolfthewhite]

Vosk21 that is very interesting as the 100 Pilgrims landed in 1620 and never killed anyone. Thanksgiving was created in 1863 by Lincoln during the Civil War and had nothing to do with Native Americans.

[@hannachoudhury6425]

I'm a British born Bengali Muslim. It's so heartbreaking what happened to the native Americans. Love and respect to you all and all the indeginius people

[@staticcharm3808]

So you invaded another country

[@hannachoudhury6425]

Excuse me??

[@elifuller4862]

This is some top notch satire.

[@mameaden]

🤣🤣🤣

[@benvstudio]

Non of these ladies would exist if it were not for the American history just as it happened. Maybe y’all could be thankful for that.

[@BishopWalters12]

Native Americans are people born in America no matter the race or background.

[@NerdSista1]

THIS is why i don't celebrate thanksgiving. Lila wašté little sisters :)

[@youngin123]

Stop caring about the pass and move on

[@kroy5416]

@@youngin123 stfu

[@nope6908]

@@kroy5416 stop living in the past😊

[@montyclown223]

@@nope6908 well, sometimes past much better

[@SPQR7117]

@@montyclown223 The past, in this case- is NOT much better. Only an utter clown would believe such nonsense. Most of the useful idiots in the comments section that claim they don't celebrate Thanksgiving do so because they've been brainwashed into a victimhood mentality.

[@PikaChu-eb9qi]

I did not know,now I know am not celebrating anymore

[@ZacharyDeBoer]

Don't believe these lies. These kids are brainwashed. Nothing they said was true.

[@JoyNakia]

I love how they pushed the table over

[@nicholasmelby5361]

You love wasting perfectly good food while millions die of hunger each year?....Okay then.

[@brokengirl8619]

The food was fake lol

[@travisrifanburg3633]

If these young ladies don't like it. I suggest they try to take back their lands by force. Just like in the ancient traditional ways of their indigenous forefathers. Happy Thanksgiving America!!! 🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲

[@brianboisguilbert6985]

👍🏻👍🏻👏👏👏👏👏

[@nasraken1971]

Oh we will

[@patrickbyrne7882]

I feel sorry for these girls who have been deliberately taught inaccuracies. There was no massacre involved at the first Thanksgiving. The first massacre involving the English occurred two years later in Virginia when the Powhatan tribe killed a third of the Jamestown settlers including women and children. Plymouth colony in 1621 was indeed peaceful and friendly with the Wampanoags.

[@aguilartist]

@@patrickbyrne7882 🤦🏽‍♂️🤦🏽‍♂️

[@aguilartist]

@@patrickbyrne7882 🤦🏽‍♂️🤦🏽‍♂️

[@baaudt4955]

I am not native American but I am half Saami(Sápmi) (indigenous people of northern Europe) and I feel the power that these women have.

[@kareemjohnsonkj40]

She said after their sacred holiday Christmas

[@YmustTh3w0rldG0r0und]

I knew they were going to knock some shit over in this. It's too intense and upsetting not to considering what happened to these people and how unjustly this played out in history . Then sugar coated/lied about what really happened in history books. I'm glad my teacher was up front and told us the truth about it. So did my mom.

[@xz3fx410]

If it wasn't for White People you wouldn't have an internet to cry on.

[@robertojasso1866]

@@marwaelkhadir3283 keep copyjng and pasting. The truth STINGS. Suck it up. Own up to it. Apologize on behalf of anglo amcestors for the atrocities tjey committed.

[@marwaelkhadir3283]

Aegon Targaryen what?

[@justenzo6342]

@@xz3fx410 That's not true. Another race would have just created it.

[@tigertian1251]

@S C It is the basis tho You can read the report of Abraham Lincoln online and how it refers to the plymoth Colonie

[@206guy5]

So you just going to waste all that food?!

[@CHR0MEMATIC]

Apparently the food was fake, at least that's what I'm hearing.

[@reggiestickleback7794]

206 guy Then eating the food would be more of a waste tbh

[@topherl1446]

They probably wanted to eat it off the floor cuz they all acted and looked like pigs

[@nicholasemjohnson47]

The Pequot Massacre was tragic, there's no doubt about that. But the Thanksgiving we celebrate has NOTHING to do with it. First of all, the massacre happened during May. It's hard to believe that they would commemorate it in November. Second, there was a Thanksgiving afterwards, but it was nothing like the one we know. At the time, Thanksgiving was declared after every victory in battle. And there was no feasting; all they did was pray and fast.

[@DanielRodriguez-cv3xb]

Native Americans don't hate people they pray for their enemies they pray for the ones that don't like them is a tradition of native Americans pray for their enemies

[@Mastershred765]

I remember this one Thanksgiving. My family and I knew this Native family so we decided on Thanksgiving to visit them. We brought horses, not as gifts but for us to ride as we hauled them off to Oklahoma. Good times.

[@patriciaoffer9585]

YT hides my notifications. If it makes you happy...... why are you so sad...?

[@brim514]

When I found out the truth behind it I stopped celebrating it. Thank you for making this video and shedding light in the darkness. I will be telling my children the truth

[@TheAIGhostwriter_MinorMiracle]

you stopped setting aside a day to get together with your family eat a fabulous feast and ponder all the wonderful things you have to be thankful for? Pardon me, but that makes you seem stupid spoiled and petty. It definitely doesnt make you seem enlightened.

[@brim514]

@@TheAIGhostwriter_MinorMiracle well, to be frank, you don't know my situation nor my family relationship. I said I stopped celebrating the holiday not spending time with my family. Also you shouldn't assume. However if you feel entitled to share your opinion about me based off of little to no information then feel free because I am not defined by how you see me. I'd like to ask that you get to know someone and maybe ask them their decision before basing your opinion off of what you read or heard. God Bless you sir.

[@juice8431]

nah thats just stupid. Like its history might have been dark but the meanings totally changed, now its just a day for family and being grateful for what you have

[@godschild5587]

@@juice8431 you are wrong, stop celebrating thanks giving.

[@juice8431]

@@godschild5587 fun fact Christmas used to be a Roman pagan religion appropriated by the church. Like I said, things change

[@jennifergift8938]

My heart goes out to these Native people to learn now about their history. Even whilst I was in America going to Montork, I used to see Native spirits riding on the mountain. I thought them to be ghosts, but I now know they were unrested spirits.

[@williamkuritz7915]

Drugs are bad.

[@certifyme1003xs]

Everybody thought they were going to eat up 1:29-1:35 😅 Well... ."Happy Thanksgiving America"

[@Huxthor]

Glad to see people talking about the truth of thanksgiving.

[@neonrodenson1480]

The turntable at the end was forceful. I liked it. At the time of this writing, it is Thanksgiving, so I find it appropriate to watch this and others like it.

[@orbswhisper2482]

Im half Native American and I just want you to know I enjoyed my stuffed turkey this year

[@johnwilson7769]

Maybe you only Ate Half of A 🦃...

[@Ada-ik1ow]

oof thats kinda sad

[@PhoenixOutofTheDesert8]

For all of the commenters supporting this video... I am going to say that 99.9% are going to continue to celebrate Thanksgiving, as it is a deeply embedded and deeply ingrained American tradition. Big talk, little action is also an American tradition... :/ OoTD

[@PhoenixOutofTheDesert8]

On KZbin, anyway. ; )

[@markdc1145]

Ingrained in 'your' American tradition, not ours.

[@PhoenixOutofTheDesert8]

@@markdc1145 Very hostile reply... I have not celebrated Thanksgiving in almost 20 years. Take care.

[@teamitecoin3581]

Question. Did Native American Tribes fight and slaughter other Native American Tribes? Did Native American tribes recruit the white man to fight other Native American tribes? Do Native Americans believe they are some kind of moral standard even though they have been savages their entire existence?

[@teamitecoin3581]

On a more sympathetic page, I do understand the frustrations of the Native American people. I’m on the Native Americans side, but I’m not going to be a negative Nancy in the year 2021 because ‘little foot’ hates white people.

[@jordanthomas4379]

I have a far better title for the video: A bunch of kids who don't know anything about thanksgiving trying to "educate" people about how they want you to view thanksgiving.

[@denisewhite11385]

My father was Native American and my mother was Italian but she was 2nd Generation born here so her side celebrated Thanksgiving. But when they got married he explained why he didn't celebrate it. They were thankful for him telling the truth. So growing up Thanksgiving was a big NO in my family.

[@visforvegan8]

I'm thankful for those who have the strength to speak the truth. I will always remember this every time it comes around. Maybe it's time for a new tradition.

[@NeatoBurrito05]

They don't know what thanksgiving is.

[@myfavs5393]

KZbin is deleting downvotes again. hahaha

[@nogoodusernames100]

High fructose corn syrup is the new firewater.

[@georgecruze1792]

Num.35:33 So ye shall not pollute the land wheren ye are: for blood defileth the land: and the land cannot be cleansed of the that is shed theren , but by the blood of him that shed it.

[@alpinek9hans310]

what you are describing has nothing to do with Thanksgiving we celebrate/ We celebrate what happened in October, 1621 where you are talking about Dakota war August 17, 1862 - December 26, 1862 which you started. As far as Lincoln executed 38 do not also forget to state that In the end, Lincoln commuted the death sentences of 264 prisoners, but he allowed the execution of 38 men. So if you want to talk history say it all. The Pilgrims at Plymouth Colony celebrated the autumn harvest with a three-day feast. Governor William Bradford invited the chief of the Wampanoag tribe, Massasoit, to join the fifty colonists who had survived the harsh winter. The Native American leader brought ninety of his tribesmen to the feast. The celebration included athletic contests, a military review led by Miles Standish, and a feast on foods such as wild turkeys, duck, geese, venison, lobsters, clams, bass, corn, green vegetables, and dried fruits. In 1841, Dr. Alexander Young contended that this harvest celebration was the "first Thanksgiving," and the origin of an American tradition. This interpretation gained such widespread acceptance that other contenders for the distinction faded into obscurity. If you want to know more about Thanksgiving history then here is a good place to go: www.surfnetkids.com/thanksgiving/52/history-of-thanksgiving-a-timeline/

[@pastorjones3188]

So the cancel culture is putting a new spin on Thanksgiving? The harvest feast celebrated by the Pilgrims and Wamponang was an actual event celebrated by the settlers and natives alike.

[@toutatis193]

Fun fact: truth and facts don't matter in 2020.

[@abhilashmmenon6589]

You guys just killed it🤩 The ending was soooo..perb

[@kakareo5264]

In New Zealand, The British wanted to sign a treaty with the indigenous Maaori people of the land so that they would be under queen victoria's sovereignty. All tribes except one signed the treaty and that tribe is called Tuhoe. Unfortunately, the treaty was used to confiscate Maaori land back in the 1800s and in recent times, British people in New Zealand don't want to give the land back to the indigenous people because they say that the treaty was old and it wasn't their fault that their ancestors did that to the Maaori people. It was called the Treaty of Waitangi ( Te Tiriti O Waitangi) and we have a holiday called Waitangi day where everyone must celebrate it. It is very sad.

[@MextizaCalifa]

Thanksgiving a day of giving thanks to whomever is important in your life. Idont celebrate americas Thanksgiving bit i do celebrate a Day of giving thanks to my family for everything they do for me. A day of gratitude is what we celebrate. Thanksgiving can be what u want it to be.

[@dorac-kn6td]

Same with Halloween

[@wjh3207]

I think there lies some confusion between the pilgrim thanksgiving, and the other settlers and their actions here.

[@thesweatybot0829]

they wasted good food something that native Americans would never do.

[@Tholmes-ht8or]

Your more focused on the food than the story of genocide who are you probably a white kid who thinks genocide is something that we can get over with

[@thesweatybot0829]

@@Tholmes-ht8or I didn't say that I'm saying that Native Americans didn't waste food if they take pride in being Native American then they shouldn´t waste food.

[@Tholmes-ht8or]

@@thesweatybot0829 okay sorry for the misconfusion

[@savannahwoods7407]

We gather and eat at the table with my family in honor of those who they said did but truly couldn’t.

[@swaminicksubedi]

Wow so short but so powerful video. I came from Nepal 21 years ago. I was always invited to Thanksgiving dinner or I invited others. From this day onwards I’m not going to celebrate thanksgiving. But today I’m thankful that I learnt more about the real people of this land.

[@nitdiver5]

You learned propaganda today. That’s about it.

[@isiahjohnson5418]

Happy Thanksgiving, sounds like a murder to me. Jay-z

[@musagamingchick1386]

It has been two years since I been independent and not living with parents I have been for the last two years of not celebrating thanksgiving it was incredibly hard but I stand with my decision I just Can’t celebrate when the same thing that happened to our natives happened to our Pueblos😢🇲🇽

[@brittanyhayes1043]

Pueblos are Native American dude.

[@brianboisguilbert6985]

Yep, them peace loving Aztecs😂

[@musagamingchick1386]

@@brittanyhayes1043 why is it that every time anyone comments yall gatta give you unsolicited advice like no one asked you and definitely won’t be on here teaching people information that is listed in books bro….

[@musagamingchick1386]

@@brittanyhayes1043 when I said our pueblos means Nahuas, the Totonacs, the Mixtecs and if you don’t know what that is then shhhh

[@musagamingchick1386]

@@brianboisguilbert6985 yea like the white wash colonizers😅

[@WillPhoto]

But every worker in vogue still celebrates thanksgiving.

[@gazziejeff]

Notice they don't speak publicly about the genocide Inian tribes committed on other tribes before Europeans got here.

[@YouTube_deletes_my_comments]

Of course not… Then how could they play the poor me victim role… Land has been fought over since the beginning of times.. To think that a few Indian tribes could lay claim to the vast land of America is ignorant..

[@noconaroubideaux9423]

Notice how you don't hear any tribes saying any other tribe committed genocide against them. Interesting huh?

[@josephtorra3009]

Everyone in America should have to watch this video. Thank you for posting.

[@Grandmaster_Dragonborn]

That ending was the most cringe worthy thing I’ve ever seen. And some actually like it. 😑

[@fgdhffffftfff4443]

I’m still gunna eat my mac&cheese and turkey