Thanksgiving Myths & Facts

Thanksgiving Myths & Facts

Multiple Choice

"The First Thanksgiving" occurred in 1621.

• Myth

• Fact

No one knows when the "first" thanksgiving occurred.

People have been giving thanks for as long as people have existed. Indigenous nations all over the world have celebrations of the harvest that come from very old traditions; for Native peoples, thanksgiving comes not once a year, but every day, for all the gifts of life.

Multiple Choice

The Pilgrims and Indians became great friends.

• Myth

• Fact

In 1637, English soldiers killed 700 Pequot men, women and children at Mystic Fort.

In 1637, English soldiers killed 700 Pequot men, women and children at Mystic Fort. The colony of Connecticut and Massachusetts Bay Colony observed a day of thanksgiving celebrating the massacre. By 1675, there were 50,000 colonists in the place they had named "New England."

Multiple Choice

The Wampanoag people survived are alive today.

• Myth

• Fact