U.S (Native Organizers Alliance) : NATIVE AMERICANS have a long history of giving thanks.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Friend,

 

 

 

Native communities have always found ways to come together to share joy and to give thanks through community organizing and reciprocity. From harvest feasts and green corn festivals to powwows and tribal dances – showing gratitude is an important and integral part of Indigenous life and our relationships.

This Thanksgiving, while celebrating the holiday with your family, friends, and food, we invite you to help dispel the myth of the “first Thanksgiving” and its silence about genocide and systemic racism. Instead, reflect with us on the history of Native peoples and how much we have overcome to remain a resilient and vibrant part of cultural and political life today.

 

In recognition of the true meaning of Thanksgiving, please make a donation to support dispelling the myths of our collective history.

 

 

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Just this month alone, we celebrated some important moments in Indian Country during Native American Heritage Month, including :

• The first Summit of Tribal Nations since 2016,
  
• Chuck Sams (Cayuse and Walla Walla) making history as the first Native American confirmed to lead the National Park Service after 150 years since the establishment of national parks that were seized from Native communities, and  
  
• Consideration of a 20-year withdrawal of federal lands within a 10-mile radius around Chaco Culture National Historical Park, which would bar new federal oil and gas leasing on those lands.
  

 

We are grateful for the progress these policy shifts reflect and mindful of the critical role that Native Organizers Alliance plays in organizing grassroots political power. We know the power of our values and walking a spiritual path toward social change is the only way to fulfill our ancestral responsibilities.

We’re also thankful for every gift we have received this year which has helped us keep up this important work. 

 

In this time of reflection and thankfulness for life and the incredible resilience of all of our communities, will you help us continue to build strong communities? 

 

 

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Thank you for helping us to continue our work throughout Indian Country. We are so grateful to have supporters like you. 

 

Thank you. Hawwih.

Judith LeBlanc

Director.