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Underground History: The First Thanksgiving (Maybe)

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Pilgrims and Indians, and a big outdoor feast.  That's what we learned about the roots of the Thanksgiving holiday in elementary school. 

There might have been a LITTLE embellishment of the story down the years.  Our resident archaeologists, , return with another installment of "Underground History" to sort the fact from the fiction. 

of the Nipmuc Nation of Massachusetts shares some insights; of the University of Massachusetts-Boston also gets in on the conversation.  Prepare to reconsider the stories from grade school.  

 

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Geoffrey Riley is a graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism and has hosted the ÀÏ·ò×Ó´«Ã½ Exchange on JPR since 2009. He's been a broadcaster in the Rogue Valley for more than 35 years, working in both television and radio.