Longtime cultural educator Hope Flanagan (Seneca, Turtle Clan) says that, in teaching the true history of a holiday that represented the beginning of colonization for the Indigenous People of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Susannah Remillard, middle, speaks to one of her sixth-grade students at Cape Cod Lighthouse Charter School, Thursday, Nov. 19, ...

It is good that “The American Revolution,” a series by Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein and David Schmidt, premiered on PBS the week before Thanksgiving. It is good to be reminded of the sacrifices that were ...

Mom of two Brooke Pinkham, who is Niimiipuu (Nez Perce) and grew up with the Yakama Nation in Washington, had a similar experience growing up. “I don't think I was taught any differently than what ...

My dad was frugal. He rinsed and reused plates and often asked waitresses for “Just a little hot water and slice of lemon,” then pulled a nasty, used tea bag from his shirt pocket and dropped it in.

In a year of firsts, this year was the first Thanksgiving Day to line up with the Oregon Department of Education’s new “Tribal History/Shared History” curriculum. The curriculum was created so schools ...

Most Americans meticulously plan their Thanksgiving meals and travel, sometimes budgeting months in advance to celebrate at a reasonable price tag. This prudent embodiment of both gratitude and ...

BOSTON -- Students in many U.S. schools are now learning a more complex Thanksgiving lesson that includes conflict, injustice and a new focus on the people who lived on the land for hundreds of years ...

BOSTONBOSTON — A friendly feast shared by the plucky Pilgrims and their native neighbors? That’s yesterday’s Thanksgiving story. Students in many U.S. schools are now learning a more complex lesson ...

Instead of making Pilgrim hats, students are hearing what scholars call “hard history” — the more shameful aspects of the past. Susannah Remillard teaches her sixth-grade students at Cape Cod ...