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| After 1620, despite the invasion of their homeland, the Wampanoag successfully struggled to maintain their communities and their spiritual lands. History books often focus on the Pilgrim story and omit Wampanoag history. As a result, myths about Metacom, land sales, and the First Thanksgiving have replaced the recorded facts. The Pilgrims, who came to acquire land, inappropriately saw the Wampanoag land as "empty," and felt it was their right and duty to master it. This misconception about the Wampanoag relationship with the land is at the heart of the irreconcilable differences between the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag. Listen to Wampanoag people describe this time in their history. |  Trading in the Pilgrim Village |
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"Native Americans have a different perspective on
American history, and that should be respected. Columbus and other Europeans who came to
this land were invaders. Most of the ensuing events involve combat, distrust, broken
promises, losses for both sides, and the greater destruction of the Native people." --
Joan Avant Tavares |
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| "Since the boats arrived on this continent, even
before the Colonists, the intruders have done everything possible to take over and
eradicate the Indigenous People by force of the gun. Land was stolen, tribal peoples were
moved all around the country, and our ways of worship were forcibly changed." --
Nancy Eldredge |
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