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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& #39;t try to tell me a "Thanksgiving feast" is sacred to you
Here& #39;s a few of them:
Alvarado Massacre
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massacre_in_the_Great_Temple_of_Tenochtitlan">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass...
Alvarado Massacre
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massacre_in_the_Great_Temple_of_Tenochtitlan">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass...
Wessagusset Affair https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wessagusset">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wess...
Pamunkey Peace Talk Massacre https://nativephilanthropy.candid.org/events/pamunkey-peace-talk-massacre/">https://nativephilanthropy.candid.org/events/pa...
It was actually this massacre that was being celebrated at the "First Thanksgiving"
Mystic Massacre
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mystic_Massacre">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myst...
Mystic Massacre
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mystic_Massacre">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myst...
La Matanza
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Matanza ">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_M...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Matanza ">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_M...
Massacre of the Old Chiefs https://nativephilanthropy.candid.org/events/massacre-of-cherokee-peace-chiefs-tennessee/">https://nativephilanthropy.candid.org/events/ma...
Johnson Massacre of Apaches https://nativephilanthropy.candid.org/events/johnson-massacre-of-apaches-new-mexico/">https://nativephilanthropy.candid.org/events/jo...
"Battle" at Fort Utah
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_at_Fort_Utah">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batt...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_at_Fort_Utah">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batt...
Wright Massacre of Modoc https://nativephilanthropy.candid.org/events/wright-massacre-of-modoc-california/">https://nativephilanthropy.candid.org/events/wr...
Fort Fauntleroy Massacre
https://www.wikiplacemarks.com/article_view.php?id=160524">https://www.wikiplacemarks.com/article_v...
https://www.wikiplacemarks.com/article_view.php?id=160524">https://www.wikiplacemarks.com/article_v...
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">https://www.nps.gov/tont/lear...
Oak Run Massacre https://nativephilanthropy.candid.org/events/oak-run-massacre-of-yana-tribe-california/">https://nativephilanthropy.candid.org/events/oa...
Skull Valley Massacre https://nativephilanthropy.candid.org/events/skull-valley-massacre-of-yavapai-families-arizona/">https://nativephilanthropy.candid.org/events/sk...
Sand Creek Massacre
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sand_Creek_Massacre">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sand...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sand_Creek_Massacre">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sand...
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.">https://swallowthemusic.com/2020/05/0...
https://swallowthemusic.com/2020/05/09/the-massacre-at-buffalo-gap/#:~:text=A%20few%20weeks%20before%20the,it%20enters%20the%20Cheyenne%20River.">https://swallowthemusic.com/2020/05/0...
The Helmet Massacre
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helmet_massacre">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helm...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helmet_massacre">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helm...
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">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kali...
Massacre of Cajamarca https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Cajamarca">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batt...
