Thanksgiving is known worldwide. On this day, in all American families, it is customary to be gathered at a common table, on which baked turkey with a filling and potato salad. The whole family comes to the holiday regardless of where they are located - students return from colleges on vacation, children come from other states to the parental home. Thanksgiving has the status of a public holiday. An officially celebration of this date introduced Lincoln in the sign of friendship between immigrants and the Indians. In fact, this is a controversial and painful question about the relationship between the colonizers and the root peoples of the continent, because, in essence, the immigrants seized the territories of the Indians and took their land.
While the whole country marks this festive day for Americans, the singer Rihanna made a statement in which he called on to honor the mourning of the indigenous people of America - Indians. In his Instagram, a 32-year-old singer spoke as follows: "Some celebrate the holiday today. However, many and grieve. On this day, I want to send all my love to all my brothers and sisters - the indigenous people of America. "
According to Kishi James from the Association of United American Indians of New England, for many indigenous people, this holiday is only a bitter reminder of the death of their relatives and close to European colonists. "The Indians of the Vampanoag tribe met immigrants with an open soul. And what did they get in return? Genocide, seizure of land, slavery and endless oppression, "- quotes the words James Edition Boston Globe.