The Thanksgiving Story They Don’t Teach You About
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King Philip’s War was the deadliest conflict of the colonial period. What scared the colonists most was the sophistication of Philip’s forces. Indigenous warriors used guerrilla tactics that the English, trained in European-style warfare, were completely unprepared for.So while the colonists were the ones who brought guns to the New World, King Philip’s forces were already better at using them.
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@MusicLegendsTalk
November 23, 2025 at 6:42 pm
The vest is killing me
@getrealnow73
November 23, 2025 at 6:42 pm
great narration by Joel Cook and greats subject matter thank you
@FreeSpeechJohnny
November 23, 2025 at 6:42 pm
Give a Purtain an inch and he will take the whole continent
@Toniwatwin
November 23, 2025 at 6:42 pm
It was called the day of GREAT War!! No breaking of bread greed,arrogance disease, cruelty brutality ! It was never Thanksgiving!!😡👍🏿
@ChillWill2050
November 23, 2025 at 6:42 pm
How do we always fail to mention the Black Native American presence???
@Rooted_ties
November 23, 2025 at 6:42 pm
Washington Irving and James fenimore cooper are the equivalence of these white so called democrats. “All talk and no action”. It’ll never bring back the losses or the land.
@becayebalde3820
November 23, 2025 at 6:42 pm
It’s how colonialists succeeded in Africa and America. Other nations couldn’t stand for each other… instead, they betrayed their brothers and allowed Europeans to conquer them
@davidbabcock7524
November 23, 2025 at 6:42 pm
Not to be nitpicky, but given the clothing and the flag, the image at 8:15 is in the wrong century.
@MeezBoss
November 23, 2025 at 6:42 pm
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@christophermichael7296
November 23, 2025 at 6:42 pm
PBS is not what it was 40 years ago. Then the message seemed to be inclusive. We are all Americans and there is something special and wonderful about our country. Now the message seems to be exclusive. All white people are to blame for a genocide at the founding of this country. Never mind that many white people today were not considered white then and have no connection to the English that founded this country. And non-white immigrants magically get a pass and are not considered colonizers. The bias and virtue signaling is nauseating.
@Horrorlovanerd
November 23, 2025 at 6:42 pm
It's eye opening that same tactics are still being used today, use Christian religion as a tool to divide and conquer people.
@jessicaflemister4825
November 23, 2025 at 6:42 pm
Imagine being against what’s happening in Gaza, but decorating your house and make a huge meal in celebration of thanksgiving. 😬 this holiday is a celebration of genocide unfortunately. If Isr*el made a holiday celebrating what they’re doing right now, but framed it as a day to give thanks and celebrate “peace”, would you be ok with that?
Give it 100 years and people won’t even remember or know what really occurred and go on celebrating the holiday. I’m having a nice meal but other than that it’ll be a regular day. And my daughter isn’t participating in celebration at school.
@HotRods1
November 23, 2025 at 6:42 pm
Good ole woke PBS communist socialist Marxist
@davyannajones
November 23, 2025 at 6:42 pm
I want to hear more about how indigenous people brutalized African slaves and how rare it was that they would breed and have families with them. Negroes are under the impression that it was a kumbaya and it was anything but.
@TheZenGarden_
November 23, 2025 at 6:42 pm
They came with a Bible and their religion. They stole our land and crushed our spirit, and now tell us we should be thankful to the Lord for being saved. ~ Chief Pontiac – Ottawa War Chief
"Inter Caetera" aka justification to rape, pillage and plunder the whole world for their fictional demigod.
@shopsshire9282
November 23, 2025 at 6:42 pm
Much much better content than the lies I hear on Prager U.
@TruthWillprevail1313
November 23, 2025 at 6:42 pm
💕Even though it’s difficult, at times I will continue to walk with faith. I I’m a single mother. I live with heart disease and lupus. My husband passed away years ago. I’m all alone. I struggle to provide for me sons. Both of my sons have special needs, they require a lot from me. Every month is a struggle, to not end up on the streets. I’m overwhelmed. Lord give me strength as I continue to struggle to provide food, clothing, and shelter for my boys amen.
@Tubulous123
November 23, 2025 at 6:42 pm
It seems every nation needs origin story mythology – tis the season. So many questions…
@mattias969
November 23, 2025 at 6:42 pm
Just fyi the indigenous also killed women children and sick.
@billyford7853
November 23, 2025 at 6:42 pm
Yt folk. The same yesterday, today, and forever more.
@basedunicorn896
November 23, 2025 at 6:42 pm
Shoots down the whole stolen land bs huh. Conquered,my ansctors were great,thank God they cleared the path for us today. Aint heard of a scalping ever besides in history books. Wonder why.😂
@JustinPuyear
November 23, 2025 at 6:42 pm
How would he have shot Phillip “twice in the heart” if the guns back then didn’t shoot more than once at a time
@lordvonmanor6915
November 23, 2025 at 6:42 pm
Thanksgiving is an ancient ritual which was already practiced in the US.
It's a time of the year when Aboriginies would deliver 10% of their annual harvest to their nearest Temple.
This temple would have some type of symbol(s) on it like a Swastika or Serpent, or something.
This food was specifically for the Elderly, Sick, and Handicapped tribal members.
The area where these member had to live was known as a Koloni and English and yes Whites had to live within a Coloni because Leukaderma was considered a sickness.
@WiseandVegan
November 23, 2025 at 6:42 pm
The Connections (2021) [short documentary] 🎉❤❤❤
Dominion (2018) ❤
@godssara6758
November 23, 2025 at 6:42 pm
This is complete bs and very slanted . Typical leftist woke trash
@mikebarney
November 23, 2025 at 6:42 pm
*Spoiler Alert* White people screwed over indigenous people.
@creatingahomesteadincolora2919
November 23, 2025 at 6:42 pm
Thank you for telling this story. To many people believe the narrative that pilgrims were peaceful religious people, no the eff they were not!!
@godssara6758
November 23, 2025 at 6:42 pm
Did you leave out the massacre of 1622 when the Indians attacked.
@masquarra
November 23, 2025 at 6:42 pm
Sounds like Isreal and Palestine. Isreal is a squatter colonization
@kamakoa
November 23, 2025 at 6:42 pm
I believe 100% when indigenous native american tell the story etc and I respect them too.
@yojimbosatoshi
November 23, 2025 at 6:42 pm
The only thing that matter is my people conquered inferior savages and we eat turkey to celebrate. You "ppl" need to pay attention to this history. We can certainly repeat it.
@RafaMontillaArt
November 23, 2025 at 6:42 pm
THanks!!!!!
@Step1wholeness
November 23, 2025 at 6:42 pm
Fast forward to today – this is why the US, both Republicans and Dems, are invested in the neocolonial war-genocide in Palestine. It is the legacy of our country's founding that we continue today, and it's a lose lose for everyone (Jews, who are losing their souls, and Palestinians, who are losing their lives) except white Christian nationalists.
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