#Repost 7thgenpodcast This Thanksgiving, let’s talk about the truth they didn’t teach us in school. 💔 The story of the “First Thanksgiving” is a carefully constructed myth, sanitizing a brutal history of colonization, violence, and cultural erasure. In my latest TikTok, I’m diving deep into the four major lies we’ve been told: The Myth of “Terra Nullius”: This was not an empty land awaiting European “discovery.” It was the vibrant, thriving home of tens of thousands of Indigenous peoples, including the Wampanoag nation, the “People of the First Light.” The Myth of European Superiority: The settlers were desperate, starving, and would not have survived without the compassion, knowledge, and support of Indigenous communities like the Wampanoag, especially figures like Tisquantum and Massasoit. The Myth of the Shared Feast: The iconic “Thanksgiving dinner” was not a harmonious invitation. It was a chaotic encounter after the Separatists fired muskets, drawing 90 Wampanoag men to inve...