Canadians need to learn 'dark history' of Thanksgiving in spirit of truth and reconciliation, educator says
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With the Thanksgiving long weekend upon us, this year on the heels of the first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, CBC Windsor spoke to these Indigenous educators in Ontario about what the holiday means to them:
"Thanksgiving, we had that even before there was colonizers," Sims said.
"We always celebrated the harvest and what creation has provided for us. Mother Nature has provided everything that we need, but we have to learn how to respect it and care for it, and also keep it for the next seven generations."
Williams said celebrations of the harvest were multi-day affairs, giving thanks for not just nature's bounty, but the health of the community.
Deleary said celebrating the harvest at this time of year is important, and giving thanks for the Earth shouldn't be a once-a-year event, but an everyday occurrence.
"Every day that we wake up, every day that we have another opportunity to walk on this beautiful gift, which is our mother the Earth, to experience life, we give thanks. And that is our world view," Deleary said.
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