National Day of Mourning (United States protest)
The National Day of Mourning is an annual protest organized since 1970 by Native Americans of New England. It coincides with an unrelated similar protest and counter-celebration, Unthanksgiving Day, held on the West Coast. The organizers consider the national holiday of Thanksgiving Day as a reminder of the genocide and continued suffering of the Native American peoples.
About National Day of Mourning (United States protest) in brief
The National Day of Mourning is an annual protest organized since 1970 by Native Americans of New England. It coincides with an unrelated similar protest and counter-celebration, Unthanksgiving Day, held on the West Coast. The organizers consider the national holiday of Thanksgiving Day as a reminder of the genocide and continued suffering of the Native American peoples. The event was organized in a period of Native American activism and general cultural protests. The objective is an effort to educate about the history of the Wampanoag people and raise awareness about the continued misrepresentation of the colonial experience and the belief that people need to be educated about what happened rather than the national myth of what happened. The U.S. government’s assault on poor people. The racist use of team names and mascots in sports. The colonial experience of Native Americans in the United States is misrepresented.
The only true element of the Thanksgiving story is that the Pilgrims would not have survived their first years in New England without the aid of theWampanoags or their already existing crops. Neither the UAINE nor the National DayofMourning is sponsored by Wamponoag tribal leadership, although the tribe does not discourage members from participating. The protest has also been used as a platform to address ongoing and contemporary struggles, as well as historical and historical ones. The UAE also wants to grow awareness of theNative struggle by speaking to classes in school and universities. The UAINE is a self-supporting and Native-led organization. Their mission is to confront racism and fight for the freedom of political prisoners like Leonard Peltier. They want to educate Americans about history and the struggles of Native peoples to survive today.
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