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Change Thanksgiving to National Day of Mourning, to account for all the pain and loss suffered by Native Americans.

Created by A.S. on November 25, 2015

Each year we celebrate "Thanksgiving" in America as remembrance of the first meal shared by pilgrims and Native Americans. In doing so, we turn a blind eye to the pain and loss suffered by our Native American brothers and sisters, at the hands of settlers.

This article sheds more light on the issue: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/native-americans-national-day-of-mou...

"Some would say, 'Why be so dark about it?' Well, it's real, it's truthful, it was a holocaust, and that holocaust must be shared and communicated so that we ensure that mankind doesn't do that to each other again," Cromwell said. "We know this world is made up of travesty and tragedy. We also know that this world is made of a lot of goodness and hope and honesty and integrity."

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