While the Day of Mourning acknowledges the historical injustices and mourns the loss of our ancestors, it is also a ...

George Washington issued the first presidential proclamation of Thanksgiving Day in 1789.

When Mashpee Wampanoag author Danielle Greendeer started looking around for children’s books on Thanksgiving to share with ...

According to the Library of Congress, a similar feast of gratitude took place in May 1541 in what is now Texas.

George Washington,” a 1863 engraving after a painting by Alonzo Chappel, measures 7 3/8 inches by 5 3/8 inches, from ...

This Thanksgiving, as we gather around our tables, let us give thanks for the men and women who dared to dream, who risked ...

On Thursday, Nov. 26, 1789, George Washington woke early. Assisted by his enslaved valets – William “Billy” Lee and the young ...

The American Puritans of the 1630s and beyond were more ardent, and nervous about salvation, than the Pilgrims of the 1620s.

The Pilgrims and the Wampanoags did indeed share a harvest celebration together at Plymouth in fall 1621, but that moment got ...

Want your Thanksgiving to bring people closer together? Ask these three questions to bridge the great divides of our time.

The Indigenous community members who live in the United States tell a much different story about Thanksgiving.

The third Thursday of November is the National Day of Mourning for some Indigenous peoples. They are fighting for ecological ...