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We want to educate people so that they understand the stories we all learned in school about the first Thanksgiving are nothing but lies. Wampanoag and other Indigenous people have certainly not lived happily ever after since the arrival of the Pilgrims, to us, Thanksgiving is a day of mourning, because we remember the millions of our ancestors who were murdered by uninvited European colonists such as the Pilgrims. Today, we and many Indigenous people around the country say, ‘No Thanks, No Giving.’. – Kisha James	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
We Native people have no reason to celebrate the arrival of the Pilgrims. – Kisha James	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
I think that they wanted a token Native, and I think that they were expecting him to sing the praises of the Pilgrims -- to thank them for bringing' civilization' to these shores, they said that he couldn't give that speech because it was too inflammatory and that they'd write him a new one. But he refused to have words put in his mouth. – Kisha James	Found on CNN 2 years ago
His mother can't spend Thanksgiving with her son. Why should I spend Thanksgiving with my family? It's not my holiday. The pilgrims? What I celebrated them for? – Michael Harris	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
My country, 'tis of thee, Sweet land of liberty, Of thee I sing. Land where my fathers died! Land of the Pilgrims' pride! From ev'ry mountainside, Let freedom ring! – Samuel Francis Smith	added by Normando 2 years ago
It's worth underscoring how absurd it is that the descendants of the tribe that met Pilgrims, who every American learns about around this time of year, couldn't meet the definition of a' tribe,' it's just a perfect illustration of how messed up, and really, anti-Native, federal Indian policy has been throughout our history. – Robert Maxim	Found on CNN 3 years ago
We're kind of stereotyped as the tribes that met the Pilgrims and that's our whole history, like we ceased to exist in 1621, that couldn't be further from the truth. – Robert Maxim	Found on CNN 3 years ago
We are all pilgrims, in search of destiny, of a soul, an illusion, of a land of immortality. – Mariana Fulger	added by MF 3 years ago
We are living in strange days. Usually at this time the Old City was full of ...pilgrims coming for Holy Week. – Francesco Patton	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
They are doing so much for us pilgrims, hindus should feel proud of what they are seeing here. – Hitu Dambar	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
Mecca and Medina became the heartlands of the religion and a destination for pilgrims, al-Ula lay on the route south from Syria. – Rebecca Foote	Found on CNN 5 years ago
Christian pilgrims to the Land of Israel from all over the Byzantine Empire (Turkey, the Balkans, Greece and present-day Russia) would carry his icon to protect them from harm, it is probable that the ring belonged to a pilgrim who sought the protection of St. Nicholas on his travels. – Yana Tchekhanovetz	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
We were surprised by the wonderful state of preservation of the ancient remains, and the richness of the finds being uncovered, the artifacts found in the large building, which seems to be a monastic compound, may indicate that the site was important and perhaps a center for ancient pilgrims in the Judean Shephelah region. – Benyamin Storchan	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
Pained beyond words on the dastardly attack on peaceful Amarnath pilgrims in Jammu and Kashmir, the attack deserves strongest condemnation from everyone. – Narendra Modi	Found on Reuters 6 years ago
Forget the fact that Muslims killed Catholic pilgrims before the first crusade began. – Emir Caner	Found on FOX News 7 years ago
Mashhad is the destination for pilgrims. Actually Mashhad receives more pilgrims than Mecca in Saudi Arabia — about 25 million. – Christophe Landais	Found on FOX News 7 years ago
In 1620, a small band of pilgrims came to this continent, refugees who had fled persecution and violence in their native land, nearly 400 years later, we remember their part in the American story -- and we honor the men and women who helped them in their time of need. – Barack Obama	Found on CNN 8 years ago
Saudi Arabia failed to fulfill its duties concerning the desperate wounded (pilgrims). – Ali Khamenei	Found on CNN 8 years ago
Saudi Arabia failed to fulfill its duties concerning the desperate wounded (pilgrims), should we decide to show any reaction, our reaction will be tough and harsh. – Ayatollah Ali Khamenei	Found on CNN 8 years ago
As our group started to head back, taking Road 204, another group, coming from Road 206, crossed our way, heavy pushing ensued. I'm at a loss of words to describe what happened. This massive pushing is what caused the high number of casualties among the pilgrims. – Ahmed Mohammed Amer	Found on CNN 8 years ago
The irony is that all this expansion was being done to see to the welfare of the pilgrims. – Khaled Al-Maeena	Found on CNN 8 years ago
While we will never know for sure why they made this journey, pilgrims and traders would be a plausible explanation. – Piers Mitchell	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
Even if they never got anything for it, it was cheap at that price. Without malice aforethought I had given them the best show that was ever staged in their territory since the landing of the Pilgrims! It was easily worth fifteen million bucks to watch me put the thing over. – Charles Ponzi	added by anonymous 9 years ago

We want to educate people so that they understand the stories we all learned in school about the first Thanksgiving are nothing but lies. Wampanoag and other Indigenous people have certainly not lived happily ever after since the arrival of the Pilgrims, to us, Thanksgiving is a day of mourning, because we remember the millions of our ancestors who were murdered by uninvited European colonists such as the Pilgrims. Today, we and many Indigenous people around the country say, ‘No Thanks, No Giving.’.

– Kisha James

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

We Native people have no reason to celebrate the arrival of the Pilgrims.

– Kisha James

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I think that they wanted a token Native, and I think that they were expecting him to sing the praises of the Pilgrims -- to thank them for bringing' civilization' to these shores, they said that he couldn't give that speech because it was too inflammatory and that they'd write him a new one. But he refused to have words put in his mouth.

– Kisha James

Found on CNN
2 years ago

His mother can't spend Thanksgiving with her son. Why should I spend Thanksgiving with my family? It's not my holiday. The pilgrims? What I celebrated them for?

– Michael Harris

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

My country, 'tis of thee, Sweet land of liberty, Of thee I sing. Land where my fathers died! Land of the Pilgrims' pride! From ev'ry mountainside, Let freedom ring!

– Samuel Francis Smith

added by Normando
2 years ago

It's worth underscoring how absurd it is that the descendants of the tribe that met Pilgrims, who every American learns about around this time of year, couldn't meet the definition of a' tribe,' it's just a perfect illustration of how messed up, and really, anti-Native, federal Indian policy has been throughout our history.

– Robert Maxim

Found on CNN
3 years ago

We're kind of stereotyped as the tribes that met the Pilgrims and that's our whole history, like we ceased to exist in 1621, that couldn't be further from the truth.

– Robert Maxim

Found on CNN
3 years ago

We are all pilgrims, in search of destiny, of a soul, an illusion, of a land of immortality.

– Mariana Fulger

added by MF
3 years ago

We are living in strange days. Usually at this time the Old City was full of ...pilgrims coming for Holy Week.

– Francesco Patton

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

They are doing so much for us pilgrims, hindus should feel proud of what they are seeing here.

– Hitu Dambar

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

Mecca and Medina became the heartlands of the religion and a destination for pilgrims, al-Ula lay on the route south from Syria.

– Rebecca Foote

Found on CNN
5 years ago

Christian pilgrims to the Land of Israel from all over the Byzantine Empire (Turkey, the Balkans, Greece and present-day Russia) would carry his icon to protect them from harm, it is probable that the ring belonged to a pilgrim who sought the protection of St. Nicholas on his travels.

– Yana Tchekhanovetz

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

We were surprised by the wonderful state of preservation of the ancient remains, and the richness of the finds being uncovered, the artifacts found in the large building, which seems to be a monastic compound, may indicate that the site was important and perhaps a center for ancient pilgrims in the Judean Shephelah region.

– Benyamin Storchan

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

Pained beyond words on the dastardly attack on peaceful Amarnath pilgrims in Jammu and Kashmir, the attack deserves strongest condemnation from everyone.

– Narendra Modi

Found on Reuters
6 years ago

Forget the fact that Muslims killed Catholic pilgrims before the first crusade began.

– Emir Caner

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

Mashhad is the destination for pilgrims. Actually Mashhad receives more pilgrims than Mecca in Saudi Arabia — about 25 million.

– Christophe Landais

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

In 1620, a small band of pilgrims came to this continent, refugees who had fled persecution and violence in their native land, nearly 400 years later, we remember their part in the American story -- and we honor the men and women who helped them in their time of need.

– Barack Obama

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Saudi Arabia failed to fulfill its duties concerning the desperate wounded (pilgrims).

– Ali Khamenei

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Saudi Arabia failed to fulfill its duties concerning the desperate wounded (pilgrims), should we decide to show any reaction, our reaction will be tough and harsh.

– Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

Found on CNN
8 years ago

As our group started to head back, taking Road 204, another group, coming from Road 206, crossed our way, heavy pushing ensued. I'm at a loss of words to describe what happened. This massive pushing is what caused the high number of casualties among the pilgrims.

– Ahmed Mohammed Amer

Found on CNN
8 years ago

The irony is that all this expansion was being done to see to the welfare of the pilgrims.

– Khaled Al-Maeena

Found on CNN
8 years ago

While we will never know for sure why they made this journey, pilgrims and traders would be a plausible explanation.

– Piers Mitchell

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

Even if they never got anything for it, it was cheap at that price. Without malice aforethought I had given them the best show that was ever staged in their territory since the landing of the Pilgrims! It was easily worth fifteen million bucks to watch me put the thing over.

– Charles Ponzi

added by anonymous
9 years ago

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