Tag Archives: Wampanoags

No Thanks Day

November 23, 2023 – 10:07 am

Half my family arrived in the Americas on the Mayflower. The Hamlin clan owed its survival that first autumn to the Wampanoags or People of the Dawn. The Saints and Strangers of the Old World showed their gratitude by forcing the disease-weakened natives from their ancestral home, much as the Moses’ ancestors had evicted the […]

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The Elegance of the Wampanoags

November 25, 2021 – 8:07 am

They were not the savages.

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Facebook Ban on No Thanks Day

November 28, 2019 – 3:46 am

In 2013 I wrote the following on my Facebook page. “My people arrived on the Mayflower. Howlands. We’re still here. Where are the Wampanoags? On Nantucket protesting Thanksgiving. Happy Turkey Day.” An hour later the message and comments were removed by someone. I am unable to use my home page and Facebook posted this. Account […]

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