My family jokes around a lot about being discovered, misnamed, and "Pilgrammidged", if there is such a word. We Americans "Indians" have a sense of humor but we would like a holiday that doesn't involve getting discovered or conquered. Halloween is big around my house.
Any thoughts welcome. Thanks.
2006-10-06 11:50:20 · 14 answers · asked by Sue Chef 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Other - Holidays
On the serious side, the Cherokee National holiday is celebrated on Labor Day. My family has a big dinner on Thanksgiving and we invite lots of people over, of any color or belief. THEN WE WATCH FOOTBALL. How American can you get?
2006-10-06 12:11:32 · update #1
I don't know many people that actually celebrate Columbus day. It's just a day off.
As far as Thanksgiving goes, it is celebrated to give thanks for family and friends etc. Nobody celebrates it with stealing land in mind. It's just not about that. Most people who were not even born in this country celebrate Thanksgiving.
2006-10-07 02:30:50 · answer #1 · answered by KathyS 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think they should celebrate those holidays like I do: Columbus Day - Curse at my bank for not being open! Independence Day - Watch fireworks because they are pretty. Thanksgiving - Food! So much good food! Yummy. Did you know Christmas was a pagan holiday that Christians overlapped? Why don't the native americans do that too? That way everyone gets to have a good time, and they can still have their right to hate others. Honestly, here is my opinion: Columbus Day: Stupid. The guy was in to way the first one to "discover" America. Get rid of the day. Independence Day: A wonderful patriotic day. It is the current nation. No matter how wrong it was in the beginning, we're here now. If it wasn't the English it would have been the Spanish. It sucks, but it's true. Thanksgiving: It is about food, sharing, family, and football. Whatever the origins, that's what it is now. Enjoy it.
2016-03-18 05:55:00 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have Native American blood and I celebrate Thanksgiving the same as anyone else. Turkey dinner and the whole lot.
I don't and have never celebrated Columbus Day. The only time it was ever acknowledged was a day off from school, nothing more. Why would a Native American want to celebrate someone like him anyway who decimated an entire group?
2006-10-06 12:28:10 · answer #3 · answered by Cinnamon 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
First of all, define native. I'm not an American Indian, but I was born in USA, so I am sort of a native. I don't really celebrate Columbus Day, but I know what it is. I don't ignore it either, like some races ignore Christmas, though. Thanksgiving- I used to have a big dinner with my mother, my brother and close friends. But I haven't done that, for 2 years. But I'd clean the turkey. I'd help with cooking.We'd have scalloped corn. We'd pray and give thanks, before eating.The beverage of choice was, sparkling cider or sparkling something. Those were good days. Last year, I had tacos at my mother and step father's house. Just the three of us.
2006-10-06 14:12:33 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm African-American, part Native American, part Hispanic. I celebrate Thanksgiving the usual way: parade on TV (occasionally I go; I live in NYC), big dinner later, with prayer before. Columbus Day is "Dia de la Raza" (Day of the Race) to Hispanics, and therefore something to celebrate. I might have an Italian dinner on Columbus Day. I suppose, though, that pure or cultural Native Americans may have a different take from someone who is only "part".
2006-10-06 13:35:44 · answer #5 · answered by MNL_1221 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Thanksgiving is a celebration of the lands bounty, and was shared with the native Americans. If it wasn't Columbus it would have been someone else, things really only got nasty in the 1800's
2006-10-06 12:03:37 · answer #6 · answered by lobo 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am of Cherokee blood and Lakota training, and I love Thanksgiving. Maybe it's just because I love the Holiday Season, and cook the best Turkey dinner you'll ever eat. But, I'm not a fan of Columbus Day.
2006-10-06 11:58:42 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Eurocentrism of this nation is slowly changing. Within your lifetime, whites will become a minority among minorities. The Native Americans do not have their own holiday because it has not become a political necessity to have one like it has for MLK or Labor Day. In terms of sheer #, Hispanics are the most numerous minority. No one suggests Cinco De Mayo become a holiday.
I am sorry to admit the answer is racism and politics.
2006-10-06 11:55:40 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
columbus day is just another day off thanksgiving pose to be everyday dis chata ohoyo
2014-11-06 08:34:51 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
you send whitey through the gauntlet, then skin his white a.s.s while playing - Running Up That Hill by Elastic Band
2006-10-06 11:53:26 · answer #10 · answered by Dee J 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋