Issue: 1018
November 28, 2024
Commentary
Thanksgiving: The National Day of Mourning – Text of 1970 speech by Wampsutta An Aquinnah Wampanoag Elder
Guest Commentator
This is a time of celebration for you - celebrating an anniversary of a beginning for the white man in America. A time of looking back, of reflection. It is with a heavy heart that I look back upon what happened to my People.
When Frank James (1923 - February 20, 2001), known to the Wampanoag people as Wampsutta, was invited to speak by the Commonwealth of Massachusettsat the 1970…
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