The holiday purports to mark friendship among indigenous peoples and pilgrims. But the first settlers and the US governments force removals theft of land, biological warfare with smallpox and massacres actually was genocide. The population of indigenous people went from 15 million to 15 million before Columbus's arrival to fewer than 238,000 over the course of 400 years. There are still 2,500 Tongva people in the region who do a lot around you to preserve their artifacts and heritage.
1. How to eliminate walking on eggshells around family, and avoid feeling badly about ourselves or our people.
2. Amanda shares the first time she broke her family’s biggest holiday tradition—and how it’s now one of her most precious memories.
3. Abby remembers watching her mom stress out by “perfecting” every holiday detail—and the change she made to minimize her own holiday stress.
4. How carrying around a cup of hot tea serves as Glennon’s super shield.
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