A native American Thanksgiving

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NIce News - By the time the sun has risen over San Francisco’s Alcatraz Island today, Native Americans and visitors from all over the world will have already gathered there in droves. The Indigenous Peoples Thanksgiving Sunrise Gathering, held by the International Indian Treaty Council, celebrates the resilience of Native Americans and gives thanks for the survival of their way of life.
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The annual gathering, held since 1979, carries several layers of meaning, beginning with the fact that Alcatraz is within the traditional Ramaytush Ohlone territory. During the event, the council shares the “true history” of the first Thanksgiving: According to the Wampanoag Tribe of Massachusetts, that inaugural 1637 holiday was declared by colonizers to give thanks for the massacre of hundreds of Pequot Native Americans.