Native Americans hold National Day of Mourning

What is the ‘National Day of Mourning’ all about?
The fourth Thursday in November marks Thanksgiving Day for most Americans. But to some, it’s the “National Day of Mourning.”
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For more than half a century, groups of Native Americans have been gathering on Thanksgiving to mark a National Day of Mourning at a historic site in Massachusetts. They honor their ancestors who were subject to atrocities by settlers in the 17th century.
The National Day of Mourning honors indigenous resistance
The National Day of Mourning began in 1970 and is held annually in Plymouth, Massachusetts. • Indigenous participants mourn ancestors and protest systemic oppression. • Thanksgiving is seen by many Native people as a symbol of genocide and cultural erasure.
Should Thanksgiving be a day of mourning?
Since 1970, Indigenous people and their allies have gathered in Plymouth, Massachusetts on the fourth Thursday of November. This day, also home to the federal holiday of Thanksgiving, is known there by another name: National Day of Mourning.
National Day of Mourning in solidarity with Indigenous struggles
Every year since 1970, groups of Native Americans have been gathering in Plymouth, Massachusetts, on Thanksgiving Day to mark a National Day of Mourning. They honor their ancestors and march to remember “the genocide of millions of Native people,
Native Americans gather in Plymouth, Massachusetts to mourn on Thanksgiving
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