Indigenous people have a very fraught relationship with Thanksgiving. Why? It's no secret that Native American people long predated European settlers in North...
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Thanksgiving Day should be turned into a National Day of Atonement to acknowledge the genocide of America's indigenous peoples.
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Every fourth Thursday in November families across the country gather around the dinner table to celebrate Thanksgiving.
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The combination of Leap Year and Halloween being on a Thursday set the dates to align so that Thanksgiving would be on the latest possible day, Nov. 28.
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A holiday that traces its origins back to 1621, when Puritan colonists in Plymouth, Mass., gathered for a feast to celebrate their first successful harvest.
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What Holiday is the best? Social Media Editor Liam Reilly gives his stance on why Thanksgiving ranks first.
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Thanksgiving in Canada has generally been about celebrating the fall harvest and giving thanks for the food it provides before the cold season sets in.
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Thursday, Nov. 28 is the date of this year's Thanksgiving. By an act of Congress, Thanksgiving falls on the fourth Thursday of November every year.
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Take that first Thanksgiving in 1621, for example — it probably wasn't the first Pilgrim Thanksgiving at all, but one in a string of many feasts...
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The iconic image that Thanksgiving conjures up is of the famous 1621 feast between Pilgrims and Native Americans, but there's more to the story.
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