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This Land Is Their Land The Wampanoag Indians, Plymouth Colony, and the Troubled History of Thanksgiving

David J. Silverman

Ahead of the 400th anniversary of the first Thanksgiving, a new look at the Plymouth colony's founding events, told for the first time with Wampanoag people at the heart of the story. In March 1621, when Plymouth's survival was hanging in the balance, the Wampanoag sachem (or chief), Ousamequin (Ma...

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The author wrote this book to place Wampanoag people at the center of the history of the first Thanksgiving and connect that history to their long-term struggles with colonialism. He also intended the book to be accessible to secondary teachers to reach millions of students with a more accurate history.

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He's the author of This Land is Their Land, The Wampanoag Indians, Plymouth Colony, and the Troubled History of Thanksgiving.

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The author wrote this book to place Wampanoag people at the center of the history of the first Thanksgiving and connect that history to their long-term struggles with colonialism. He also intended the book to be accessible to secondary teachers to reach millions of students with a more accurate history.

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He's the author of This Land is Their Land, The Wampanoag Indians, Plymouth Colony, and the Troubled History of Thanksgiving.

I wanted to write a book that put Wampanoag people at the center of this history and that connected that history to their long-term struggles with colonialism up to this very day.

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