Thanksgiving Celebration

On the 6th of November friends from Knoxville, Greene County and other's
expect to come here for a work day. That is fine, however such a
gathering has to have more purpose then just a work day. As many know I
dislike the celebration of the Traditional Thanksgiving because of the
racist and murderous activities of the pilgrims who killed off indians,
hung the chiefs head on their flag pole for fifty years and sold his
family into slavery. Only then did they ever issue a proclamation of
Thanksgiving. Our people on the other hand had as few as four
Thanksgivings a year to as many as twenty depending on the tribe. What
better time to hold a Thanksgiving then when friends gather to help
someone, what better time to hold a Thanksgiving then at the end of a
great growing season? What better time to hold a Thanksgiving with song,
stories and teachings (though we called it a pow wow) then when friends
gather? Thus I ask everyone to bring a covered dish to share, something
that has meaning to give away to glue the happiness for everyone and
their joining together into something more then just another day or just
helping someone out. Let it be a day of shared activity, shared joy and
shared more.

So right now, I will proclaim A Thanksgiving on Refuge on Nov. 6th.
Ask your friends and bring the elders, as well as the young.

Big Tree