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"It's three 53, an annual protest has been held in Plymouth, Massachusetts, where some Native Americans are speaking out about the arrival of the pilgrims dating back to 1620. The United American Indians of New England have declared Thanksgiving Day to be a national day of mourning. Members of the wampanoag tribe mourn the arrival of the colonists accusing them of bringing illness, racism and oppression to Native American people. This is kisha James. When people celebrate the myth of Thanksgiving, they are not only erasing our genocide, but also celebrating it. The group is calling for better policies to protect Native Americans and land restitution. I'm Jackie Quinn. Big Al. Al Roker, missed his first Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade in 27 years. As he recovers from a health scare, the fame today meteorologists recently shared that he had been hospitalized after a blood clot in his leg, traveled to his lungs, Roker wrote on his verified Instagram account after some medical whack a mole. I'm fortunate to be getting terrific medical care and on the way to recovery. It kept Roker from his traditional co hosting of the annual parade, along with his today colleagues, Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb, NBC meteorologist Dylan dreyer filled in for Roker at the event and fielded a call from president Joe Biden in the First Lady who inquired about how Roker was doing dreyer told them her colleague is quote doing great. And one of the most prestigious titles in academia now belongs to a fairfax county native who studies at Georgetown university over the next few years he wants to focus on financial systems in developing countries. 21 year old author of Gupta is now a Rhodes scholar. To be honest, all of this still doesn't really feel real. Girly is a senior studying science technology in international affairs. Financial inclusion is something that I really care a lot about. It's something we take for granted here in the United States where it's pretty easy to open a bank account or to get a line of credit. But in a lot of developing countries, these things are not nearly as common. With the Rhodes scholarship, he will earn two master's degrees at Oxford University, fully diving into financial inclusion and technological solutions. He begins next year. I'm lucky that it worked out, but even if it did, I know this is something that I'm going to devote my life to regardless. Three 55
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"Annual protest in Plymouth, Massachusetts, where some Native Americans are speaking out once again about the arrival of the pilgrims in 1620. The United American Indians of New England have declared Thanksgiving Day to be a national day of mourning. Members of the wampanoag tribe mourn the arrival of the colonists accusing them of bringing illness, racism and oppression to Native American people. This is kisha James. When people celebrate the myth of Thanksgiving, they are not only erasing our genocide, but also celebrating it. The group is calling for better policies to protect Native Americans and land restitution. I'm Jackie Quinn. If you were watching the Thanksgiving Day parade, you may have missed Al Roker. He missed it as well, his first time in 27 years as he recovers from health scare, the theme today meteorologist recently shared he had been hospitalized after a blood clot in his leg, traveled to his lungs, Roker wrote on his verified Instagram account after some medical whack a mole. I'm so fortunate to be getting terrific medical care and on my way to recovery. It kept broker from his traditional co hosting of the annual parade along with us today colleagues, Savannah Guthrie, and hoda kotb, NBC meteorologist Dylan dreyer, filled in for broker at the event and fielded a call from President Biden and First Lady Jill Biden who inquired about how Roker was doing dryer told them her colleague is doing great. It's one 54, one of the most prestigious titles in academia in all of belongs to a fairfax scouting native who studies at Georgetown university over the next few years he wants to focus on financial systems and developing countries. 21 year old author of Gupta is now a Rhodes scholar. To be honest, all of this still doesn't really feel real. Girly is a senior studying science technology in international affairs. Financial inclusion is something that I really care a lot about. It's something we take for granted here in the United States where it's pretty easy to open a bank account or to get a line of credit. But in a lot of developing countries, these things are not nearly as common. With the Rhodes scholarship, he will earn two master's degrees at Oxford University, fully diving into financial inclusion and technological solutions. He begins next year. I'm lucky that it worked out, but even if it did, I know this is something that I'm going to devote my life to regardless. How sweet it is, pumpkin or sweet potato pie. That's a debate that's been going on for ages. Gay CBS TV's Tina as a dean looked into it and tells us about that great debate. Sweet potato pie versus
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"Land. Thank you, Reggie. I want to, my name is Mattel we Monroe, by the way. I'm co leader of united American Indians of New England. I wanted to tell you what the program is today and then make some remarks. But I want our speakers to know when they're going to need to come up too, 'cause that helps everybody a lot. We're going to have Juan Gonzalez who will bring his statement to us from the council of Maya elders. Juan has traveled all the way. Is that right? And Juan has traveled all the way up here from Mexico to be with us here today. It's just amazing. We're going to explain about the case of Leonard peltier and we have a message from Leonard peltier that will be read by Herbie waters the fourth who is wampanoag and is the grandson of herb waters junior who was here for many years year after year, leading the march, dancing in front of the march and always reading the peltier statement. So we're so happy that Herbie is continuing his family legacy in honor of this grandfather and of Leonard peltier. And then there will be Justine tiba and Justine is here with a group from the red nation. And we welcome them. We're glad that they're here with us. Nick asked his Melania were here several years ago and were able to speak and we're glad that a new crew has come up with us today and we're always with you, you know? And then we're going to march after that down by Plymouth rock Samantha malte who's a quinoa wampanoag would be speaking Alberto barreto cardona who has come here from Puerto Rico from boricua to voting. To be with us today, we have some people who've really traveled. I should say that the red nation folks have come up from New Mexico. So. We have tylee Ness, who is DNA and is a student at Tufts University because we got to get students in there, right? And we have aronson from Louisiana who has come up here to be with us from Louisiana. And then when we march up to post office square, it's a beautiful day, so there's no reason to leave, right? You know, we're going to be busy. We got lots of great things to say. I put post office square beyond ren, who is pima chicken Mac and who has brought a statement about the what's so it and struggle up in so called British Columbia, which is one of the many important struggles that are happening in that region and throughout Canada. We have Jean Luc and we have Jean Luc Paris. So we have lots going on. We've got lots of great programs. Okay. We're very happy that Juan Gonzalez came to be with us here today. Good morning, everyone. Beautiful day. We create our is blessing us. With a beautiful day. Especially in this sacred land of the wampanoag. Well, we have to share today is quite simple because. For hundreds of years we've been fighting struggling and things just got worse. Right when racists or groups in this planet are very busy working in this continent. Not only with the coming of Columbus and the pilgrims, but today they are coming to our countries sponsoring recruiting people, especially the young to indoctrinate them to brainwash them with their ideology. And his working for them. Because they come with all the resources, money, to sponsor these programs and to put these young people in positions of power in local governments and all levels of government. So these problem is real and you do have this problem in this country. And you have to take it very seriously. Because this country goes radical racist white supremacists, the whole plan that is going to solve for even more. If you know the history of both countries, how your banana companies and all these international had come and destroy us and steal our resources, well, let me tell you something, if these guys here with you take power, they really going to go and kill us all. This is really, really serious. This is not a joke. So we need to get you need to get really well organized and it's possible. Look, our community is in chapters.
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"That no one is illegal on stolen land. Until Palestine is free. Until no person goes hungry or is left to die because they have little or no access to quality healthcare until insulin is free until union busting is a thing of the past until then the struggle will continue. In 1970, we demanded an end to the bureau of Indian affairs. It is still a demand today. Native nations do not need federal oversight to govern ourselves or take care of our own lands. As we did in 1970, we mourn the loss of millions of our ancestors and the devastation of the land, water, and air. We condemn all acts of violence and terrorism perpetrated by all governments against innocent people worldwide. This includes the myriad crimes of the United States government. Since the invasion of Columbus, indigenous people have been terrorized by settler governments. From the colonial period to the 21st century, this has entailed torture, massacres, systematic military occupations, and the forced removals of indigenous peoples from their ancestral homelands. Let us not forget that this country was founded on the ideology of white supremacy, the widespread practice of African slavery, and a policy of genocide and land theft. Let us not forget that under the pipelines, skyscrapers, mines, and the oil rigs lie the interred bones sacred objects and villages of our native ancestors. Today, on liberated territory, we will correct the history of a country that continues to glorify murderers, such as Christopher Columbus, that makes slave owning presidents such as Washington and Jefferson into godlike figures, and even cards their faces into the sacred black hills of the Lakota. In 1970, very few people would have given any thought to the fact that the indigenous of the people of this hemisphere do not look upon the arrival of the European invaders as a reason to give thanks. Today, many thousands stand with us in spirit, as we commemorate the 2022 national day of mourning. As my grandfather said back in 1970, we are now being heard. We are now being listened to. The important point is that we still have the spirit. We still have the unique culture. We still have the will and most important of all, the determination to remain as Indians. We are determined, and our presence here is living testimony that this is only the beginning of the American Indian, particularly the wampanoag to regain the position in this country that is rightfully ours. In the spirit of crazy horse and the spirit of metacom and the spirit of Geronimo, above all, to all people who fight and struggle for real justice, we are not vanishing, we are not conquered. We are as strong as ever. I wanted to let you all know that also known as Keisha, James. And who is a member of the quina wampanoag tribe and is also Lakota and she, as of today, is now a co leader of united American Indians of New England. I want to be clear that this is not some kind of hereditary position. Just because she belongs to the James family, it's because of her literally lifelong dedication to fighting for indigenous and other people's because of her bravery because of her gift and speaking because of all the leadership that she's shown and also because it's really important for youth to be in the leadership of all of our organizations. Melissa hiding for ready who is the chair of the herring pond wampanoag was not able to be with us here today. But Melissa did ask us to do a land acknowledgment for the herring pawn tribe because that's whose land we're on. So we've asked Reggie alkalis from North American Indian center of Boston to do that. I've been asked to offer today's Rand acknowledgment today when acknowledgments are used by native peoples and non natives to recognize the first peoples of this land, who are the original stewards of this place where we live. Today I will offer a condensed version of a much longer acknowledgment. Today we give thanks to the sacred place of a talk at what is known today as primitive. The sacred wind that lies beneath our feet is at the home of what we call wampanoag nation and its traditional homeland of the herring pond walking on tribe. We have called this home we have called this land home for thousands of years. Our ancestors are very here, and our descendants can still be found here today. Along with many other tribal communities in direct, descendants of other tribes throughout the Commonwealth. The history of primitive in the Massachusetts colony as a whole is extremely complex. What happened here on these lands impacted all native nations across New England. And spread far and wide across this country and in the Canadian maritimes. The sweater the sweat of colonialization resulted in armed conflict, murder, assaults, enslavement. This possession of land and was a direct assault on all native cultures and life wise. As you begin your event here today, may you never forget the first people of this
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"Pilgrims, but also reflected upon the fate of the wampanoag at the hands of the settler invaders. The speech contained a powerful message of Native American pride. Our spirit refuses to die, wrote swamp city. Yesterday we walked the Woodland paths and sandy trails, today we must walk the macadam highways and roads. We are uniting. We stand tall and proud and before too many moons pass, we'll write the wrongs we have allowed to happen to us. When state officials saw an advance copy of wam set his speech, they refused to allow him to deliver it, saying that the speech was too inflammatory. They told him he could speak only if he were willing to offer false praise of the pilgrims. The organizers even offered to write a speech for him, one which would better fit with their settler colonialist narrative. But womb said a refused to have words put into his mouth. His suppressed speech was printed in newspapers across the country, and he and other local native activists began to plan a protest. The flyer for this protest, which was circulated nationwide, read, what do we have to be thankful for? The United American Indians of New England have declared Thanksgiving Day to be a national day of mourning. On so called Thanksgiving Day 1970, Guam soda, and members of at least 25 tribes, as well as a sprinkling of non native allies, gathered here on this hill and observed the first national day of mourning. That first year my grandfather never got a chance to deliver his speech. Although some who do not know our history say he did. Up to 200 native people and allies, gathered on that day. They spoke out about the pilgrim invasion and conditions in Indian country, marched around Plymouth, boarded the Mayflower two, and even buried Plymouth rock. One leader of the American Indian movement would later say of the first national day of mourning that it is a day American Indians won't forget. We went to Plymouth for a purpose, to mourn since the landing of the pilgrims, the repression of the American Indian, and to indict the hypocrisy of a system that glorifies that repression. The founders of national day of mourning could not have foreseen that generations would continue to gather here year after year carrying on this tradition. Nearly all of the elders who stood on this hill and organized the first national day of mourning are no longer with us, but we feel their spirits guiding us today. We are also thinking today of so many, especially those we have lost during the ongoing pandemic. Over the years, we repeatedly disrupted the pilgrim progress parade, our tradition we continued until 1996. The following year, in 1997, we were blocked on light and street, brutalized by police, and arrested without warning for simply trying to march peacefully. The resulting court case and settlement led to the national day of mourning plaque you see here on Cole's hill and the meta comic plaque we will visit when we march. Consequently, our organization has never collaborated with pilgrims or their institutions, whether the Mayflower society, the Plymouth 400 international colonized or celebrations or Thanksgiving parades. So, why do so many native people object the Thanksgiving myth? According to this myth, the pilgrims seeking religious freedom landed on Plymouth rock. The Indians welcomed them with open arms, and then conveniently faded into the background and everyone lived happily ever after the end. Here is the truth. First, the pilgrims are glorified and mythologized because the circumstances of the first permanent English colony in North America, Jamestown, were too ugly to hold up as an effective national myth. Pilgrims and Indians are a much more marketable story than settler cannibalism. Second, the pilgrims came here as part of a commercial venture. They didn't need religious freedom. They already had that back in the Netherlands. The Mayflower compact was merely a group of white men who wanted to ensure they would get a return on their investment. Third, when the pilgrims arrived, on outer Cape Cod, by the way, not on that pebble down the hill, one of the first things they did was to rob wampanoag graves at cornhill, and steal as much of their winter provisions of corn and beans as they were able to carry. Fourth. Some wampanoag ancestors did welcome the pilgrims and saved them from starvation, and what did we, the indigenous people of this continent get in return for this kindness? Genocide, the theft of our lands, the destruction of our traditional ways of life, slavery, starvation, and never ending oppression. 5th, the first official Thanksgiving did not take place in 1621, when the pilgrims had a harvest time meal provided largely by the wampanoag. Instead, the first Thanksgiving was declared in 1637 by governor winthrop of the Massachusetts bay colony to celebrate the massacre of over 700 pequot men, women and children on the banks of the mystic river in Connecticut. William Bradford of the Plymouth colony wrote of those of this event, those that escaped the fire were slain with the sword, some hewed to pieces, they thus destroyed about 400 at this time. It was a fearful sight to see them thus frying in the fire, horrible was the stink and scent thereof, but the victory seemed a sweet sacrifice, and they gave the prayers thereof too God, who had wrought so wonderfully for them. Subsequent slaughters of indigenous people would be celebrated as a day of Thanksgiving, and yet we are labeled as savages in the history books. So why does any of this matter? It is simple. When people celebrate the myth of Thanksgiving, they are not only erasing our genocide, but also celebrating it. We did not simply fade into the background as the Thanksgiving myth says. We have survived and flourished. We have persevered. The very fact that you are here is proof that we did not vanish. Our very presence frees this land from the lies of the history books and the mythmakers. We will remember and honor all our ancestors in the struggle who went before us. We will speak truth to power as we have been doing since the first day of morning in 1970. That first day of morning in 1970 was a powerful demonstration of native unity, and it has continued for all these years as a powerful demonstration of indigenous unity and of the unity of all people who speak truth to power. Many of the conditions that prevailed in Indian country in 1970 still prevail today. In 1970, our average life expectancy was just 44 years. Today we continue to have the lowest life expectancy of any group in the U.S. and the death rate for native women has increased 20% over the past 15 years. In 1970, our suicide and infant mortality rates were the highest in the country. This has not changed. We all know that racism is alive and well. All of us are struggling under the oppression of a capitalist system which forces people to make a bitter choice between heating and eating. And we will continue to gather on this hill until we are free from the oppressive system until corporations and the U.S. melodies U.S. Military stop polluting the earth until we dismantle the brutal apparatus of mass incarceration. We will not stop until the oppression of our LGBTQ siblings is a thing of the past, until unhoused people have homes, until human beings are no longer locked in cages at the U.S. border, despite the fact
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"Today, Americans are celebrating a holiday, they call Thanksgiving. It is a time where they share food and time with families. Watch commercialized parades on TV, and then some. Finish their day by watching a professional football game. For myself, I do spend time with my family. And I definitely share a nice meal. However, I am not celebrating this day as a holiday. Instead, today is one of my national days of mourning. I am thinking about my pequod ancestors who unwillingly gave their lives for this country. Not through a military war, but instead they had their lives destroyed by this country through acts of genocide. Their deaths were literally celebrated by the first colonial settlers. Under the first established American colony in Massachusetts. That celebration in 1637 marked the first American Thanksgiving. It is why on this day it is considered our national day of mourning. Since 1970, indigenous people and their allies have gathered at noon on Cole's hill in Plymouth, Massachusetts. To commemorate a national day of mourning, on the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday. Many native people do not celebrate the arrival of the pilgrims and other European settlers. Thanksgiving Day is a reminder of the genocide of millions of native people. The theft of native lands, and the erasure of native cultures. Participants in national day of mourning honor indigenous ancestors and native resilience. It is a day of remembrance and spiritual connection. As well as a protest against the racism and oppression that indigenous people continue to experience worldwide. This year, we are sharing some of the speeches given at the united American Indians of New England, national day of mourning event. We hope our listeners will hear some perspectives that you did not hear through any national news media or cable news organization. And for more information about the United American Indians of New England, please visit our website at WWW dot U, and E dot org. And now, the 53rd annual national day of morning. As presented on Thanksgiving Day, November 24th, 2022.
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"Massachusetts where some Native Americans decry the arrival of the pilgrims in 1620. The United American Indians of New England have declared Thanksgiving Day to be a national day of mourning. Members of the wampanoag tribe mourn the arrival of the colonists accusing them of bringing illness, racism and oppression to Native American people. This is kisha James. When people celebrate the myth of Thanksgiving, they are not only erasing our genocide, but also celebrating it. The group is calling for better policies to protect Native Americans and land restitution. I'm Jackie Quinn. Al Roker missed his first Macy's day Thanksgiving Day parade in 27 years as he's recovering from a health scare. The film Today Show meteorologists recently shared he had been hospitalized with a blood clot in his leg that traveled to his lungs. He said, after some medical whack a mole, I'm fortunate to be getting terrific medical care and I'm on the road to recovery. He wrote on his verified Instagram account. Thanks for all the well wishes and prayers. I hope to see you soon. It kept Roker from the traditional co hosting of the annual parade along with his Today Show colleagues. The NBC meteorologist Dylan dwyer filled in for Roku at the event. Thursday and fielded a call from president Joe Biden and the First Lady, Jill Biden, who inquired a how Roku was doing. She told them your colleague is doing well. One of the most prestigious titles in academia now belongs to a fairfax county native who studies at Georgetown university. Over the next couple of years, he wants to focus on our financial system and helping developing countries. 21 year old author of Gupta is now a Rhodes scholar. To be honest, all of this still doesn't really feel real. Girly is a senior studying science technology in international affairs. Financial inclusion is something that I really care a lot about. It's something we take for granted here in the United States where it's pretty easy to open a bank account or to get a line of credit. But in a lot of developing countries, these things are not nearly as common. With the Rhodes scholarship, he will earn two master's degrees at Oxford University, fully diving into financial inclusion and technological solutions. He begins next year. I'm lucky that it worked out, but even if it did, I know this is something that I'm going to devote my life to regardless. WTO
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"On Thanksgiving night. It's 9 52, an annual protest has been held in Plymouth, Massachusetts, where some Native Americans decry the arrival of the pilgrims in 1620. The United American Indians of New England have declared Thanksgiving Day to be a national day of mourning. Members of the wampanoag tribe mourn the arrival of the colonists accusing them of bringing illness, racism and oppression to Native American people. This is kisha James. When people celebrate the myth of Thanksgiving, they are not only erasing our genocide, but also celebrating it. The group is calling for better policies to protect Native Americans and land restitution. I'm Jackie Quinn. Al Roker missed his first Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade in 27 years. As he recovers from a health scare, the famed today meteorologist recently shared he'd been hospitalized after a blood clot in his leg traveled to his lungs. He says after some medical whack a mole, he's fortunate to be getting terrific medical care and on the way to recovery, he wrote that on Instagram. Al Roker says thanks for all the well wishes and prayers hope to see you soon. This kept broker from his traditional co hosting of the annual parade along with his today colleagues Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb. NBC meteorologist Dylan dreyer filled in for Roku at the event and fielded a call from President Biden and First Lady Jill Biden. They were asking how Roker was doing. He said that his colleague is doing great. One of the most prestigious titles in all of academia now belongs to a fairfax county native who studies at Georgetown over the next few years he plans to focus on financial systems in developing countries. 21 year old author of Gupta is now a Rhodes scholar. To be honest, all of this still doesn't really feel real. Girly is a senior studying science technology in international affairs. Financial inclusion is something that I really care a lot about. It's something we take for granted here in the United States where it's pretty easy to open a bank account or to get a line of credit. But in a lot of developing countries, these things are not nearly as common. With the Rhodes scholarship, he will earn two master's degrees at Oxford University, fully diving into financial inclusion and technological solutions. He begins next year. I'm lucky that it worked out, but even if it did, I know this is something that I'm going to devote my life to, regardless. WTO. How sweet it is. Let's hear about the gray pie debate. Sweet potato pie versus pumpkin pie. While some argue pumpkin pie is more popular. Yeah, we pumpkins kind of
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"The disease and oppression that European settlers brought to North America It's the 52nd year that the united American Indians of New England have organized the event on Thanksgiving Day That tradition began in 1970 Emergency officials in Russia say there is no chance of finding any more survivors from a devastating coal mine explosion in Siberia The BBC's sum Montgomery with the latest Three people have been arrested in Russia following an accident in a Siberian coal mine There's now known to have killed more than 50 people The mines director and two other managers are being held on suspicion of safety violations 6 rescuers are among the dead One miner who survived said the other miners didn't even realize what had happened at first The Washington spirit made D.C. very happy this past weekend by meeting Chicago to win the national women's soccer league title So when will the district throw them a parade Mayor Bowser says she would love a parade and wants to start talking about it I'm excited about the signal it sends to little girls all over Washington D.C. who are participating in soccer I believe at increasing numbers after the championship the Washington spirit posted on their Facebook page that they'll be waiting until the start of next season to celebrate allowing the team a much needed break The league normally starts at season in the spring and the team did tell WTO P they are talking to city officials about organizing a parade but exactly when and where we're still waiting for that info And there's a lot to celebrate This is the team's first title in franchise history Shayna stealin W TOP news Postal workers and shipping companies are preparing for the holiday rush The U.S. Postal Service and UPS and FedEx are bringing on almost a quarter million temporary workers to ensure they don't get overwhelmed by packages like they did last year Steven Doherty with USPS says the agency is more than ready Christmas is our season This is wet when what we do means the most And when everything comes together all of our efforts throughout the year There's no.
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"Brought to you by dulles glass for all your glass mirror and shower door needs Visit dulles glass dot com dulles glass love your glass It's two 51 9 minutes before three o'clock Members of Native American tribes from around New England gathered on Thanksgiving in the seaside town where the pilgrims settled not to give thanks but to mourn indigenous people worldwide who suffered centuries of racism and mistreatment The national day of mourning observance in downtown Plymouth Massachusetts recalls the disease and oppression that European settlers brought to North America It's the 52nd year of the united American Indians of New England have organized the event of Thanksgiving Day The tradition began in 1970 Emergency officials in Russia say there is no chance of finding any more survivors from a devastating coal mine explosion the BBC's sum Montgomery with the latest Three people have been arrested in Russia following an accident in a Siberian coal mine There's now known to have killed more than 50 people The mines director and two other managers are being held on suspicion of safety violations 6 rescuers are among the dead One miner who survived said the other miners didn't even realize what had happened at first Washington spirit made D.C. very happy this past weekend by beating Chicago to win the national women's soccer league title So when will the district throw them a parade Mayor Bowser says she would love a parade and wants to start talking about it I'm excited about the signal it sends to little girls all over Washington D.C. who are participating in soccer I believe at increasing numbers after the championship the Washington spirit posted on their Facebook page that they'll be waiting until the start of next season to celebrate allowing the team a much needed break The league normally starts at season in the spring and the team did tell WT they are talking to city officials about organizing a parade but exactly when and where we're still waiting for that info And there's a lot to celebrate This is the team's first title in franchise history Shayna stealin W TOP news That's really something Postal workers and shipping companies are preparing for the holiday rush The U.S. pollster service UPS FedEx they're all bringing on a total of almost a quarter million temporary workers to ensure they don't get overwhelmed by packages like they did last year USPS spokesman Stephen Doherty Christmas is our season This is when what we do means the most and when everything comes together all of our efforts throughout the year There is no time.
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"Brought to you by dulles glass for all your glass mirror and shower door needs Visit dulles blast dot com Dulles glass love your glass 1251 9 minutes before one o'clock Members of Native American tribes from around New England gathered on Thanksgiving in the seaside town where the pilgrims settled not to give thanks but to mourn indigenous people worldwide who have suffered centuries of racism and mistreatment The national day of mourning observance in downtown Plymouth Massachusetts recalls the disease and oppression that European settlers brought to North America It's the 52nd year that the united American Indians of New England have organized the event on Thanksgiving Day The tradition began in 1970 Emergency officials in Russia say there is no chance of finding any more survivors from a devastating coal mine explosion in Siberia The BBC's Sue Montgomery has the latest Three people have been arrested in Russia following an accident in a Siberian coal mine There's now known to have killed more than 50 people The mines director and two other managers are being held on suspicion of safety violations 6 rescuers are among the dead One miner who survived shed the miners didn't even realize what had happened at first The Washington spirit made D.C. very happy this past weekend by beating Chicago to win the national women's soccer league title So when will the district throw them a parade Mayor Bowser says she would love a parade and wants to start talking about it I'm excited about the signal it sends to little girls all over Washington D.C. who are participating in soccer I believe at increasing numbers after the championship the Washington spirit posted on their Facebook page that they'll be waiting until the start of next season to celebrate Allowing the team a much needed break The league normally starts at season in the spring and the team did tell WTO P they are talking to city officials about organizing a parade but exactly when and where we're still waiting for that info And there's a lot to celebrate This is the team's first title in franchise history Shana stealin WTO P news Well as you could imagine postal workers and shipping companies are preparing for the holiday rush the U.S. Postal Service UPS FedEx or bringing on almost a quarter million temporary workers all to ensure they don't get overwhelmed by packages like they did last year Stephen Doherty with USPS says the agency is more than ready Christmas.
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"Massachusetts in 1620 has been celebrated and taught to school children as the origin of what would become the United States and Thanksgiving Elsewhere on today's show Peter O'Dowd takes us to Plymouth to the mythical landing site of the Mayflower Plymouth rock He met up with Donna Curtin executive director of the pilgrim hall museum who led him to a rather small rock So we have the poor little top of The Rock that's been exposed as you can see to the tides coming in covering it twice a day It's covered up underwater And this placement was done about a hundred years ago in 1920 because The Rock used to be up on higher ground and people were kind of confused thinking of it as the landing place that should be down by the shore Now it isn't very big Four rock has been the chipped and split and dropped and souvenir hunted for centuries So we're looking at something that is not in the prime of its youth and glory but has been used and interacted with sometimes pretty aggressively over the course of many many generations Well that's one part of the national story But for Native Americans Thanksgiving Day is a reminder of the slaughter of millions of indigenous people and the theft of their land 51 years ago the United American Indians of New England declared Thanksgiving a national day of mourning in the tradition continues today Tiny Moseley spoke with Keisha James the granddaughter of one of the founders of the national day of mourning They spoke in 2020 Your grandfather helped start the national day of mourning after he was asked to give a speech 50 years ago to commemorate the 350th anniversary of Plymouth Tell us the story of what happened that led to your grandfather's speech Sure so the pilgrim descendants decided that they wanted to hold a banquet to commemorate the 350th anniversary of the landing of the Mayflower and they wanted a wampanoag man to speak at the banquet They invited my grandfather under the condition that he would provide an advanced copy of his speech They gave the excuse that they wanted to check it for spelling and grammatical errors but really they wanted to check it for content He went away he wrote his speech He came back He gave it to them and they told him that he absolutely under no circumstances could give the speech that he was planning on giving and they offered to write him a different speech They were quite angry about the speech he wrote because it told the truth about Thanksgiving It didn't praise the pilgrims And of course his job was really to be praising the pilgrims That's why they asked him And so he refused to give the edited speech that they wanted him to give and he and a group of supporters instead got together and on November 27th 1970 they met atop Cole's hill in Plymouth and that's when the first national day of mourning took place You've spent your whole life understanding Thanksgiving to be this national day of mourning How do you honor this day and tell us what it means to you Sure so I'm 21 years old and I've been going to national day of morning for 21 years And for many of us national day of morning takes on a religious significance where we'll actually fast from sundown before the day of national day morning to sundown on national day of morning And it's really a time to remember my ancestors and what they went through and the genocide that took place on these shores and it's also a wonderful time of indigenous unity We have indigenous people from all over the world speaking at national day of mourning So it's just a wonderful time to get together with.
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"We give thanks for what we have we also keep in our hearts those who we lost And those have lost so much Some Native American communities meanwhile marked today as a somber national day of mourning making offers of tobacco and prayers to their ancestors at this hour the United American Indians of New England and their supporters are marching with drums and flags on a hill above Plymouth rock some are chanting native people are still here In Houston more than 70 Afghan families are receiving a traditional American Thanksgiving meal from Houston public media Cory McGuinness reports on efforts in Texas to resettle families who fled when the Taliban took control It's been a busy week at interfaith ministries where Comcast and volunteers are putting together meals for a whole Thanksgiving Day feast A team of drivers will pick up the food and deliver it to Afghan families at their homes interfaith ministry CEO Martin kaminski says they expect to bring around 1300 Afghans to Houston in the coming months We are working hard to welcome them and make sure that they have all the resources they need In their home and in their opportunities to be employed Most of our refugees are resettled Houston resettlement agencies have raised millions to help Afghan evacuees get a fresh start I'm Cory McGuinness in Houston Italy is stepping up efforts to encourage more people to get vaccinated against COVID-19 as cases continue to spike across Europe and Paris silvia Pedro Lee reports the move is aimed at avoiding strict lockdowns during the upcoming holidays Then you measures will restrict access to an array of services such as cinema's restaurants and support events to unvaccinated people The government also made the vaccination certificate mandatory on urban public transport prime minister Mario Draghi said we are seeing the situation in bordering countries is very serious adding we want to be very prudent to try to safeguard what Italians have achieved in the last year Italy's vaccination rate is close to 90% higher than in most other European countries Nevertheless there's been a gradual increase in cases particularly in northern regions bordering Austria and Slovenia were infections are surging So people NPR news Rome The markets are closed today because of the Thanksgiving holiday You are listening to NPR news from Washington I'm dwelling psycho A new study shows the extinctions of woolly mammoth giant bison and ancient horses were linked to an increase in grassland fires and piers Nell Greenfield Boyce reports the findings indicate how grazing animals can affect fire activity Many large animals went extinct from 50,000 to 6000 years ago maybe because they were hunted by humans or faced climate change now in the journal science researchers say they've looked at the fossil record of those extinctions on four continents plus charcoal in Lake sediments that provides a historical record of fire Allison carp is a researcher at Yale University She says places that lost more grazers So a greater increase in the extent of fires There's a really strong relationship between the severity of grazer extinctions and changes in grassland fire activity Carp says when thinking about fire prevention and mitigation efforts today it's worth keeping livestock and wild grazers in mind Nell Greenfield boys NPR news Another body has reportedly been found along the northern French coast possibly connected to the deaths of at least 27 migrants who drowned Wednesday in the English Channel trying to reach Britain at least 5 women and a young girl were among the victims survivors included one Iraqi and one somalian France's interior minister says both individuals were taken to area hospitals to be treated for hypothermia another group of migrants crossed the same waters today arriving safely near the coastal.
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"In march and And they were like quote banalising in called the monuments in two of the march and So that's sparkle more men that were like. Hey what if why do we still have. Like columbus monuments and author conquered monuments. What if we start like during down them so The suddenly twenty. Twenty hopping is the The the government of the city decided that they had to do some my paintings and in before the much happened before before winter they decided to take of the monument of columbus. There was like a big big b. Patch you in one of the main avenue in mexico city and Seems then what at least like there was like there. Were like the reaction of like nineteen competence understates. I remember the stories about of all monuments in the states. Also like oh as part of our history Why do why do you have to go down. Statute that in change anything things like that But but also their voices like laws saying we need to start learning more about. He's three because the history that they've been teaching that like to traveling so it it it it did. The main thing is part of history. I think i think so more than where it's history in. Why are we like elevating them on like they did something great when he was So that far Debate including the debate. Oh what's going to happen now and Because the original being like oh we're gonna do maintenance and on the statute and we're going to put it back but the pressure has been done that no one put it back so now now the last evaded in whether we're gonna do instead in in it's part of one of the changes like I love the nation's native nations. Here don't do that much I mean they didn't do before and in in terms of celebrating columbus but they do nothing now in in terms of oh day so the indigenous people they is. Is it like a normal day. It's it's more like a higher circles. In academic circles where all of these is being debated and not to really on or native nations joining us. now from albuquerque. Is jennifer marley. She's a member of the red nation and a phd student at the university of new mexico. Welcome back to native america calling jennifer. Thank you -solutely we're listening to you. Renee share some of the going on in mexico with regard to columbus statue and other events. I wanna ask you jennifer. What do status in monuments say to you when you hear stories like this. It's not just in the united states. it's not just in santa fe. it's not just an albuquerque. It's also in mexico in other parts of south america. What does that mean to you. Well i think it's just indicative of the lingering impacts of spanish colonization. I think that's what we have in common with relatives and mexico and south america But i also know that they were doing a lot of work. To resist colonization they also have tap toppled batch uses many of them were toppled long before the happening. Twenty twenty one a of statues were toppled here. And that's because the political climate is different there in native people In some countries in south america have A little bit more of an upper hat popular support for their political struggles tire parties. That are indigenous. Let there so In the red nation were constantly looking to our relatives in south america and elsewhere to guide and You know in our struggles resistant to To teach us What tactics worked for them. And i also think that It shows that their sollidarity they're also kind of relating to what he was saying about how the native nations themselves don't necessarily celebrate indigenous peoples day. The way we do here. And i think it makes sense because here is very important. That's getting popular support. It's certainly victory to celebrate but ultimately it exists in the realm of representation and like Madam senator earlier. These actions like proclaiming. Day or issuing apologies. Native people need to be backed up with real concrete action actual policy change and so Here in north america unfortunately a lot of time. We don't eat a action accompany The sentiment that's really really interesting. We're gonna take a caller now. We have danielle deluca. She is listening online in newton massachusetts. Danielle your native america calling. Thank you so much for having me absolutely danielle. I understand you represent an organization. Can you tell us more about your organization. Yes I'm a co founder of an organization called italian-american more people say Where a group of italian-american who in massachusetts primarily but around the the north eastern us who Support changing the name from columbus into a A people's and we got started a couple years ago Under the advisement of the united american indians of new england It's an indigenous led organization in massachusetts That is working to change the name of Comedy between the jewish people. Stay statewide and Right now there's been a lot of talent by town decisions to change the name but As he were working as individuals at Hearings on on these ancient We started to see a lot of Loud voices coming from italian americans who are opposed to additional people's day In favor of columbus and so we gather together to demonstrate that that is not That's not a a a monolithic. Statement representing all italian americans and that there is a growing number of us we have over seven hundred members who support indigenous peoples day and do not feel that columbus represents our heritage and we don't feel proud to be associated with his name danielle. Thank you so much for calling in with that information jennifer when you hear a collar like danielle and she shares being an italian american and she's very supportive indigenous peoples day. How does that make you.
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California Reservation's Solar Microgrid Provides Power During Utility Shutoffs
"In recent months California's been electric utilities. been taking the unprecedented step of shutting off power to millions. The move is meant to prevent power equipment from sparking catastrophic Hata Straffic Wildfires Jefferson public. Radio's Eric Newman. Reports on a renewable energy micro grid proving to be one solution to this ongoing the problem the Blue Lake rancher retry lives just north of Eureka California behind the Tribes Casino and hotel. Janna Ghanaian opens a chain link. Fence inside are more. Than fifteen hundred solar panels slanted toward the Noonday Sun. or up. Just a little on a little platform for that can oversee most of the array. Gin is the sustainability director with the Blue Lake Richer retreive. This is the view that I liked the best gaining help. Build the solar or micro grid as part of the tribes goal to have climate resilient infrastructure and to be ready for earthquakes and soon nominees but then beginning in October it became useful in a whole new way. The utility Pacific Gas and electric or PG any shut off power to more than thirty counties in central and northern California. On October night we had Probably thirty to forty five minute. gaslines people that fueling vehicles but also their home generators that continued it basically for the duration of the twenty eight hour outage as one of the only gas stations with power. They gave diesel to united Indian health services to refrigerate their medications wins and to the mad. River fish hatchery. Fish alive. The local newspaper used a hotel conference room. Area residents stopped by to charge their cell phones. They the estimate that on that day more than ten thousand nearby residents came to the reservation for gas and Supplies Ryan. Derby is the emergency services manager for Humboldt County Eighty. He says they've been warned about these shut offs but didn't know they were happening until that day so our entire planning model for the last eighteen months got thrown out the window. Suddenly Humboldt County of one hundred thirty. Six thousand people was in the dark. Homo County prides itself on being resilient but I think in light of the public safety our our shut off so we realized how dependent we really are on electric city. The county focused on people who relied on medical devices like respirators oxygen tanks at the ranch Ria Anita huff was directing emergency services for people with critical medical. Needs we had eight people in here. Who could not have lived without electricity so we saved a lives in the tribe built a micro good with help from the shots? Energy Research Center at Humboldt State University. Dave Carter was the lead technical engineer. Microbes are very complex because and in some ways. They're kind of like snowflakes where there's no two of them are the same. Because it depends on where you are on the great and what. Your facility is micro grids. Keep the energy flowing to customers even after disconnecting from the overall power grid the Blue Lake micro grid goes into island mode. Large Tesla Battery System Balances Energy supply lie in demand. By comparison conventional solar arrays have to automatically shut down during outages. So they don't electrocute powerline workers micro grids. Do come a cost. This one was six point. Three million dollars Janna Ghanaian with a Blue Lake Ranch area says with future. Electricity shut offs rural communities need to to be especially resilient and that's true for reservations as well. Many many tribal nations are located at the end of the line in terms of the electricity grid. They may have no power. They may have poor quality. Power and micro grids are away to just do an end run around all of that last month. PG announced its soliciting listening bids to build twenty new microbes near utility substations that could be affected by future power shut offs.