thanksgiving :: enjoy native american food + books + crafts
via coolmom
"As I mentioned in our recent post about Thanksgiving crafts for kids, I think a lot of us at Cool Mom Picks are feeling more determined to better understand the Native American point of view of Thanksgiving so that we can avoid hurtful caricatures, be more sensitive to cultural appropriation, and overall, evolve in how we talk about history with our kids.
And look, I know that can be hard. I also grew up buying into the whole kumbaya story about the Natives and the Pilgrims, and making “Indian headdresses” for Thanksgiving crafts; it’s not always easy to totally shift both perspectives and traditions at once.
Fortunately, there are quite a few fantastic books and resources out there to help us better educate ourselves and our children... a few Thanksgiving books for kids from the Native perspective look really interesting. I especially like that most were written by (or at least with the help of) Native American authors. I only wish that there were more, that are more recent. This is a perspective that needs to more widely accessible."