Case #031 - The Dark Truth Behind Thanksgiving

Welcome to Episode Thirty-One of Do You Dare?   All this November, Tuesdays are for Twisted History over here at Do You Dare? So buckle up because the past has never been more revealing.   Join us this week as Em breaks down the truth and the myths behind one of America’s most popular holidays and takes you to a part of history you probably weren’t taught in school.   (Trigger warnings for discussions of genocide, massacres, racism, xenophobia, rape, slavery, murder.)   In this episode Em tells us the dark truth behind Thanksgiving. We journey back in time to talk about everything from early America and colonisation to the myths taught in schools and the truths about the founding of this holiday from the perspective of native Americans.   As thanksgiving takes place this year please consider looking into and supporting these charities that do amazing work to support indigenous communities:   Home - Native American Rights Fund   https://collegefund.org/   Home | NCAI   Homepage - NICWA   Indigenous Environmental Network | Respecting and Adhering to Indigenous Knowledge and Natural Law   StrongHearts Native Helpline | Identify Abuse   https://www.niwrc.org/ Thanks to everyone who has joined us for this week's interesting case and we hope to see you back next Tuesday as Cian kicks off the Christmas season by telling us about a certain European folklore figure that is the opposite side of the Santa coin.   If you enjoyed this episode it would mean the world to us if you could take a minute to rate, review and subscribe!  Don't forget you can join in the conversation with us over on social media to share your thoughts and theories.  You can contact us at [email protected] if you want to suggest cases, tell us your personal true crime or paranormal stories to be read out in future listener episodes or just to say hi!   *Ad included at the beginning of this episode is for Tea Tales and Talks Podcast and you can find them at @teatalestalks on Instagram for more information.*   (sources for this episode were: Britannica, familysearch.org, potawatomi.org, a Delish article, a Forbes article,  blog.nativehope.org, smithonianmag.com, americanindian.si.edu, history for kids.net, bia.gov, Wikipedia.)