Thanksgiving: Native
Roots, National Holiday and Quinnipiac Traditions
If you are ever, for
whatever reason in the area, do yourself a tremendous favor!
Stop by for the prayer
ceremony or better yet, spend time even before just making friends.
If invited also enjoy
the feast afterwards!
My father and his
father before him (my grandfather) and I have had the pleasure of visiting with
this great group of people a number of time on our National Day of Mourning.
The Clan Mothers always
treat everyone as their family, they also serve good food!
This day (NATIONAL DAY
OF MOURNING) is so called because, before first contact native life was very
laid back.
Yes, by today's
standard, it seemed strange, hard and slow however, you could send your child
out to play without a fear of child abusers, murders and drug pushers!
The first thing
encountered was a species of rat found over in Europe that stored poison in its
urine.
This poison wiped out
the complete village at contact after just a few weeks.
Then came Christopher
Columbus and guns!
A few years later came
Smallpox in free blankets from the Euro American soldiers!
Now we have Casino
Indians, a select group of people put into a reservation by this Euro American
government!
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