Wampanoag

A Language Comes Home for Thanksgiving

Nataly Kelly | Posted 01.24.2012

Read More: Endangered Languages, Language, American History, Globalization, Thanksgiving, Native Americans, Massachusetts, Translation, Bible Translation, Language Loss, Wampanoag, Wampanoag Language, Dead Languages, Culture News
Nataly Kelly

Although they might not know the name of these Native people, many Americans celebrate the Wampanoag each year at Thanksgiving. But very few are aware that the group's descendants still live on their ancestral homelands.

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Debunking Thanksgiving Myths at Plimoth Plantation

Eileen Ogintz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Boston, Plymouth, Wampanoag, Pennsylvania, New Hampshire, Thanksgiving, Plimoth Plantation, Pilgrims, Rhode Island, Colonists, Massachusetts, Food News
Eileen Ogintz

No cranberry sauce or mashed potatoes (sweet or otherwise). No pumpkin or apple pie and not necessarily turkey either. Did I mention eating with your hands? What kind of Thanksgiving is this? The first one. In 1621. At Plimouth Plantation.

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Congratulations, America. You Passed Wind.

Ben Carmichael | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Wind Power, Interior Department, Deepwater, Wampanoag, North Dakota, Cape Cod, Vermont, Offshore Wind, Texas, Colorado, Charles River Associates, Cape Wind, Maine, Senator Kennedy, Ken Salazar, Nantucket, Martha's Vineyard, Green News
Ben Carmichael

For some, it was with a sense of relief that Interior Secretary Ken Salazar passed Cape Wind. For others, it was the latest in a drama that has lasted nearly a decade. Either way, this is a story that blows.

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Meatless Monday: History Lesson

Ellen Kanner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pilgrims, Wampanoag, Thanksgiving, Msickquatash, Food, Meatless Mondays, Green News
Ellen Kanner

With frantic schedules, fast food and frozen entrees,Thanksgiving may be the one day of the year we return to the kitchen. And in so doing, we return ...

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Give Thanks and Please Pass the Drumstick

Patricia Draznin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Thanksgiving History, Thanksgiving, Plymouth, Abraham Lincoln, Pilgrims, Wampanoag, Turkey Thanksgiving Commentary, The New World, Comedy News
Patricia Draznin

As we approach the 2009 holiday season we pause to give thanks for the blessings of good friends, organic eggnog, and unemployment compensation.

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