65. THANKSGIVING: Revisiting the Origin Story

<p>This week, as many get ready to celebrate Thanksgiving, I wanted to revisit the story of the Pilgrims and the first Thanksgiving that many of us learned as kids. Because, I found out as an adult that I didn’t really learn the full story–I learned a mythologized version of it. And I learned that while I heard a lot about the Pilgrims landing at Plymouth, I didn’t know as much about the Wampanoag people who were already in New England, many of whom were living in what is part of Rhode Island today. </p><p><i>Episode Source Material</i></p><ul><li><a href="https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcmassbookdig.massasoitstownso00bake/?sp=9">Image 9 of Massasoit's town Sowams in Pokanoket, its history, legends and traditions,</a></li><li><a href="http://drweed.net/Massasoit'sIllness.pdf">Massasoit’s Illness, and How Winslow Cured Him</a> - Account of Winslow visiting Massasoit Ousamequin </li><li><a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/massasoit-chief-who-signed-treaty-pilgrims-be-reburied-180962928/">Massasoit, Chief Who Signed Treaty With the Pilgrims, To Be Reburied | Smart News| Smithsonian Magazine</a></li><li><a href="http://www.drweed.net/SowamsHeritageAreaBrochure.pdf">Sowams Heritage Area Brochure</a></li><li><a href="http://www.drweed.net/SowamsHistoricalOverview.pdf">Sowams Heritage Area Historical Overview</a></li><li><a href="https://www.coastalmags.com/prime-times/sowams-lives-four-centuries-later/">Sowams Lives Four Centuries Later - coastalmags.com</a></li><li><a href="http://reportertoday.com/stories/this-once-was-called-sowams,30167">This Once Was Called Sowams - Reporter Today</a></li><li><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-hRKDr01niV4GPT2ppd9AXSPo7XuPLgW/view">Pokanoket booklet FINAL SMALL.pdf</a></li><li><a href="https://navigator.rihs.org/rhode-island-a-bibliography-of-its-history/sowams-with-ancient-records-of-sowams-and-parts-adjacent-illustrated-2/#gid=tainacan-item-document_id-64998&pid=1">with Ancient Records of Sowams and Parts Adjacent, illustrated. – Rhode Island History Navigat