How do you celebrate Columbus Day or Thanksgiving if you are Native American?
June 1, 2011
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Q&A: How do you celebrate Columbus Day or Thanksgiving if you are Native American?
My family jokes around a lot about being discovered, misnamed, and “Pilgrammidged”, if there is such a word. We Americans “Indians” have a sense of humor but we would like a holiday that doesn’t involve getting discovered or conquered. Halloween is big around my house.
Any thoughts welcome. Thanks.
On the serious side, the Cherokee National holiday is celebrated on Labor Day. My family has a big dinner on Thanksgiving and we invite lots of people over, of any color or belief. THEN WE WATCH FOOTBALL. How American can you get?
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Answer by norag
hey why dont u make new traditions of ur own.
Answer by Torbellina
I just don’t.
Answer by Dee J
you send whitey through the gauntlet, then skin his white a.s.s while playing – Running Up That Hill by Elastic Band
Answer by flip4449
Burn him in effigy?
Answer by s98310
The Eurocentrism of this nation is slowly changing. Within your lifetime, whites will become a minority among minorities. The Native Americans do not have their own holiday because it has not become a political necessity to have one like it has for MLK or Labor Day. In terms of sheer #, Hispanics are the most numerous minority. No one suggests Cinco De Mayo become a holiday.
I am sorry to admit the answer is racism and politics.
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this is an easy question…You go back to school, with a semi-automatic weapon!!!
Yes I can see the humor too.
What about Chrismas?
“For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;” Romans 3:23
“For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.” Romans 6:23
“But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.” Romans 5:8
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” John 3:16
“That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.” Romans 10:9-10
I am of Cherokee blood and Lakota training, and I love Thanksgiving. Maybe it’s just because I love the Holiday Season, and cook the best Turkey dinner you’ll ever eat. But, I’m not a fan of Columbus Day.
Thanksgiving is a celebration of the lands bounty, and was shared with the native Americans. If it wasn’t Columbus it would have been someone else, things really only got nasty in the 1800′s
I have Native American blood and I celebrate Thanksgiving the same as anyone else. Turkey dinner and the whole lot.
I don’t and have never celebrated Columbus Day. The only time it was ever acknowledged was a day off from school, nothing more. Why would a Native American want to celebrate someone like him anyway who decimated an entire group?
I’m African-American, part Native American, part Hispanic. I celebrate Thanksgiving the usual way: parade on TV (occasionally I go; I live in NYC), big dinner later, with prayer before. Columbus Day is “Dia de la Raza” (Day of the Race) to Hispanics, and therefore something to celebrate. I might have an Italian dinner on Columbus Day. I suppose, though, that pure or cultural Native Americans may have a different take from someone who is only “part”.
First of all, define native. I’m not an American Indian, but I was born in USA, so I am sort of a native. I don’t really celebrate Columbus Day, but I know what it is. I don’t ignore it either, like some races ignore Christmas, though. Thanksgiving- I used to have a big dinner with my mother, my brother and close friends. But I haven’t done that, for 2 years. But I’d clean the turkey. I’d help with cooking.We’d have scalloped corn. We’d pray and give thanks, before eating.The beverage of choice was, sparkling cider or sparkling something. Those were good days. Last year, I had tacos at my mother and step father’s house. Just the three of us.
I don’t know many people that actually celebrate Columbus day. It’s just a day off.
As far as Thanksgiving goes, it is celebrated to give thanks for family and friends etc. Nobody celebrates it with stealing land in mind. It’s just not about that. Most people who were not even born in this country celebrate Thanksgiving.