Thread by @raccorns, Did you know european invaders throughout north and south america had quite [...]

Did you know european invaders throughout north and south america had quite the habit of inviting Indigenous people to meals/gatherings that were actually traps to steal/murder/poison/otherwise traumatize them? Yeah so don't try to tell me a "Thanksgiving feast" is sacred to you

Here's a few of them:

Alvarado Massacre
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massacre_in_the_Great_Temple_of_Tenochtitlan

Wessagusset Affair https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wessagusset

Pamunkey Peace Talk Massacre https://nativephilanthropy.candid.org/events/pamunkey-peace-talk-massacre/

Pamunkey Peace Talk Massacre | Investing in Native Communities

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It was actually this massacre that was being celebrated at the "First Thanksgiving"

Mystic Massacre
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mystic_Massacre

La Matanza
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Matanza

Massacre of the Old Chiefs https://nativephilanthropy.candid.org/events/massacre-of-cherokee-peace-chiefs-tennessee/

Massacre of Cherokee Peace Chiefs (Tennessee) | Investing in Native Communities

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Johnson Massacre of Apaches https://nativephilanthropy.candid.org/events/johnson-massacre-of-apaches-new-mexico/

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"Battle" at Fort Utah
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_at_Fort_Utah

Wright Massacre of Modoc https://nativephilanthropy.candid.org/events/wright-massacre-of-modoc-california/

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Fort Fauntleroy Massacre
https://www.wikiplacemarks.com/article_view.php?id=160524

Bloody Tanks Massacre https://www.nps.gov/tont/learn/historyculture/yavapai_and_apache.htm#:~:text=In%20January%201864%2C%20civilian%20%22rangers,more%20than%2030%20Natives%20dead

Yavapai and Tonto Apaches - Tonto National Monument (U.S. National Park Service)

https://www.nps.gov/tont/learn/historyculture/yavapai_and_apache.htm#:~:text=In%20January%201864%2C%20civilian%20%22rangers,more%20than%2030%20Natives%20dead

Oak Run Massacre https://nativephilanthropy.candid.org/events/oak-run-massacre-of-yana-tribe-california/

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Skull Valley Massacre https://nativephilanthropy.candid.org/events/skull-valley-massacre-of-yavapai-families-arizona/

Skull Valley Massacre of Yavapai families (Arizona) | Investing in Native Communities

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Sand Creek Massacre
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sand_Creek_Massacre

Buffalo Gap Massacre
https://swallowthemusic.com/2020/05/09/the-massacre-at-buffalo-gap/#:~:text=A%20few%20weeks%20before%20the,it%20enters%20the%20Cheyenne%20River.

The Helmet Massacre
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helmet_massacre

Some of these happened in the 20TH CENTURY

While many of you are celebrating "Natives and settlers coming together for a thanksgiving feast" many others are in mourning over the countless lives lost at such "peaceful" gatherings

Kalinago Genocide of 1626 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalinago_Genocide_of_1626

Massacre of Cajamarca https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Cajamarca

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