<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Rod,</div><div>I get this, but I'm having a little struggle with wallowing in the sins of the past. It's a kind of "Marilyn Monroe, if it took all that..." moment for me, without denying that which was perpetrated on the natives of this land by our forebears. I keep trying to appropriate "all is good, the past is approved" as it relates to our nation's history. I find myself wanting to acknowledge the dichotomy of good and evil that is true of all of life without being oblivious to the evil or ignoring the good. The only way I've found to do that is to focus on the whole while vowing that the future not be a repeat of the past. Is it possible to celebrate a national day of Thanksgiving given our history? That's the question your email raises for me, and I thank you for that. I say yes, it is. </div><div>Randy <br><br>Sent from my iPad</div><div><br>On Nov 27, 2014, at 9:46 AM, Rod Rippel via OE <<a href="mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net">oe@lists.wedgeblade.net</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>
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<div>Native Americans have a different take on the 1st Thanksgiving.
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<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><b><span style="FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: "><font face="Calibri"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Learn the Real History of
Thanksgiving.</font></font></span></b><span style="FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: "></span></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"><b><span style="FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: "><a style="href: "http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001mFw0uu5kAqLnsOv5Sdc0oE0iCcxz-B6sHhuI8N_HUHgA-NnhkKBT23N3c11dwOGceTKTUgOuPmHIpcSENZkbI-ONHrtfYw4LuNgiszCHS_2QWRrBeCzmTx1PO6r5RlFENnjpDNiKnPDpgx234is9rtkVhnY8em4UXOddW0xtT116Dl3SzXhYzj3i5037t6QaqNwGF74vbHcvAvz1kYeUNGHzCkMzPcdtTurDJwrbG5ZvxPwJhRFpSjip5GM6gMCF1NIUG0Yl-_Z6G-O5CJCuKZQtwERj6SoH&c=7098N9nCvLoW-ys9ZbM4ycH8eKl303QyQCq42_SGB7ALEM4DXtWnJA==&ch=KGFKQs3-xLihU5leYvhd7MPob5IR-M0ex4gem02q3S3lkLnYjXB_AQ=="" target="_blank"><span style="TEXT-DECORATION: ; COLOR: "><img id="_x0000_i1084" border="0" hspace="5" vspace="5" src="https://scontent-a-iad.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfa1/v/t1.0-9/p526x296/10678632_1500696260183307_4063251543483301293_n.jpg?oh=b7c8a15d94e67d2414738968f0796a61&oe=5512BD9D" width="400" height="285"></span></a><br><font face="Calibri"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"> </font></font></span></b><span style="FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: "></span></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><b><span style="FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: "><font face="Arial">Thanksgiving, like Columbus Day, serves as a reminder of the genocide
and violence Native communities experienced. Learn about Thanksgiving and
early colonial history from the Native perspective.</font></span></b></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><b><span style="FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: "><font face="Arial">A </font><a style="href: "http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001mFw0uu5kAqLnsOv5Sdc0oE0iCcxz-B6sHhuI8N_HUHgA-NnhkKBT23N3c11dwOGcNXEL10YzvYkCK5FglPRyTK6gSX3VX0URtbjBju-tAhyoPHjJimz6D8ju1RBDJxiGX5CfqO0gpGrDph4g9UdAsrOE3X7ipznmI7BlCfmcrLhIVZ2r6jAG2cmaZkwN0-fragl_4e5yAZvszceiEGzUcsFMn0zEDqf7eR725JSCe-b6fAPRQlO0brIwWqjwoW206u0XN2pRueiYbrrXNbgOC4QuHCwjPiaPUGwSIrg8dOIVWZ8JYZRqhytKOTx06oWRTiaIZNLdhDT6FrB-rsyWrg==&c=7098N9nCvLoW-ys9ZbM4ycH8eKl303QyQCq42_SGB7ALEM4DXtWnJA==&ch=KGFKQs3-xLihU5leYvhd7MPob5IR-M0ex4gem02q3S3lkLnYjXB_AQ=="" target="_blank"><font color="#0563c1" face="Arial">Wampanoag's
perspective</font></a><font face="Arial"> on the first Thanksgiving<br></font><a style="href: "http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001mFw0uu5kAqLnsOv5Sdc0oE0iCcxz-B6sHhuI8N_HUHgA-NnhkKBT23N3c11dwOGcVG-VXAIR3eNtof7kRhbkgmH4FRRUE1faLACSERu4031Fa213lSlDn2fv2rxcfUqsvl4GRArrwGhgyUqAbEZRPC5ozrBHHZwH33SWju_YuR8131mxHlIYszhwSzq7sa7lpHchcaxvXALywVJ4v5InIyMKlsT7J80thIXRkCiCcMNXisCv-gFT9Vtwm-91xLbi&c=7098N9nCvLoW-ys9ZbM4ycH8eKl303QyQCq42_SGB7ALEM4DXtWnJA==&ch=KGFKQs3-xLihU5leYvhd7MPob5IR-M0ex4gem02q3S3lkLnYjXB_AQ=="" target="_blank"><font color="#0563c1" face="Arial">Cracked.com</font></a><font face="Arial">'s 5 Facts About Thanksgiving Your History Teacher Left Out
<br>Christopher Moraff's 2012 piece, "</font><a style="href: "http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001mFw0uu5kAqLnsOv5Sdc0oE0iCcxz-B6sHhuI8N_HUHgA-NnhkKBT23N3c11dwOGc6Esu1SI6UUCPGlabg9F1UFaSijZxwutvszBpXgQXX1nwvqbpeZ2K491AxfGFI5B1lmAdZrjeT6ICTUcs1sMcaHTGAbb9swyklfa1pbmbv7q4GKztNKLPzspWZDsbdpFDP9ydZKYhE-AxL6mpEaRLJ-ia92yYwPVNrlQNp76BDaAuH6L-2cDU6Q==&c=7098N9nCvLoW-ys9ZbM4ycH8eKl303QyQCq42_SGB7ALEM4DXtWnJA==&ch=KGFKQs3-xLihU5leYvhd7MPob5IR-M0ex4gem02q3S3lkLnYjXB_AQ=="" target="_blank"><font color="#0563c1" face="Arial">Should We Rename Thanksgiving
'National Ethnic Cleansing Day'?</font></a><font face="Arial">" in
<i>Philadelphia</i> magazine.</font></span></b></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><b><span style="FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: "><a style="href: "http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001mFw0uu5kAqLnsOv5Sdc0oE0iCcxz-B6sHhuI8N_HUHgA-NnhkKBT23N3c11dwOGcM6oB6I5YG3PUAiXJ08yo3tkVnfNIS3DXEB07QAVj-MV6hg3obO29zshNmKmRhUmHGLwmsQF4UxZgajQ_vl2Ibv7jBqlaPPLsj2uHYIRC6PbgjYIyx6tiho-UFE0piOLAFmnHmpidY53A9vIDPZV03_fT9Mmuos_PYRUk8w0eTXO5SQS4LfYbHg==&c=7098N9nCvLoW-ys9ZbM4ycH8eKl303QyQCq42_SGB7ALEM4DXtWnJA==&ch=KGFKQs3-xLihU5leYvhd7MPob5IR-M0ex4gem02q3S3lkLnYjXB_AQ=="" target="_blank"><font color="#0563c1" face="Arial">Do American Indians celebrate
Thanksgiving?</font></a><font face="Arial"> By NMAI</font></span></b></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><b><span style="FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: "><a style="href: "http://Powwow.com""><font color="#0563c1" face="Arial">Powwow.com</font></a><font face="Arial"> </font><a style="href: "http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001mFw0uu5kAqLnsOv5Sdc0oE0iCcxz-B6sHhuI8N_HUHgA-NnhkKBT23N3c11dwOGca_FHkM8S783dhLVnGSeqD4q6KR9VDdq-CGvZo9SMrOecrrNyS8Sq_vURb5Ccoj9e2oDieBj_EgIiYbFjVFR3WIUTDfQzJWDJA3I99NzNupWWr7VEr0XrfoA0V2nIISK6o5_wsHmjdho_9S8XkqxwFFaEv0unQBPFNwhVE7Wyofj-8nk79dey0F7v_SWKo-3dOLxB2gNfUex6dRspZoAKvQ==&c=7098N9nCvLoW-ys9ZbM4ycH8eKl303QyQCq42_SGB7ALEM4DXtWnJA==&ch=KGFKQs3-xLihU5leYvhd7MPob5IR-M0ex4gem02q3S3lkLnYjXB_AQ=="" target="_blank"><span style="COLOR: "><font color="#000000" face="Arial">Thanksgiving
and Native American Heritage Month Guide</font></span></a><br><font face="Arial"> </font></span></b></p>
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