Ep 52: Five Deer

Trigger warning: Today's episode discusses genocide, the dark truth behind America's most gluttonous holiday. Why you should be eating eel and deer instead of turkey and potatoes on Thursday, and how writers of the 1800's completely SQUAWKED up how we learn about Thanksgiving today. And we learn what they didn't teach you in school about the first feast. Buckle in, it's a rollercoaster. Resources: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/what-was-on-the-menu-at-the-first-thanksgiving-511554/ https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1621 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thanksgiving_dinner https://time.com/4577425/thanksgiving-2016-true-story/ https://www.britannica.com/biography/Sarah-Josepha-Hale https://www.nationalreview.com/2021/08/book-review-lady-editor-literary-lady-complicated-proto-feminist/ https://americanindian.si.edu/nk360/informational/rethinking-thanksgiving https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2020/05/the-impact-of-covid-19-on-native-american-communities/ https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2020/p0819-covid-19-impact-american-indian-alaska-native.html https://ktla.com/news/nationworld/thousands-of-homicides-disappearances-of-indigenous-women-remain-unsolved-many-in-same-state-where-gabby-petitos-body-was-found/ https://mashpeewampanoagtribe-nsn.gov/ https://native-land.ca/ https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2020/11/25/native-americans-thanksgiving-mourning Links as always are in the description of today's episode Intro Music is “Tiptoe out the back” by Dan Lebowicz and Interstitial music is by MK2. Additional music provided by Pixabay and Freesound.org Support the show Intro/Outtro music: Tiptoe Out The Back - Dan Liebowicz Interstitial Music: MK2 Additional music: Freesound.com, Pixabay.org Instagram: @EggAndNugget (chicken stan account) or @MelissaMcCueMcGrath Website: BewilderBeastsPod.com Support the Show and get stuff! Patreon.com/BewilderbeastsPod Your host, Melissa McCue-McGrath is an author, dog trainer, and behavior consultant in Southern Maine. She'll talk about dogs all day if you let her. You've been warned :)