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Here in the States Thursday, the 26th, is Thanksgiving, a day set aside to count our blessings and remember the Pilgrims who came here in 1620 supposedly seeking religious freedom. Alas, it’s also one of those times when history has been candy coated to make it easier to swallow. So today I serve a healthy helping of my favorite subject.
Genre: Somewhat Historical Fiction
Word count: 100
KESHAGESH
“The Pilgrims stepped off the Mayflower onto Plymouth Rock,” Matthew read aloud. “Friendly Indians helped them plant corn and—”
“They should’ve been called Pillagers.” Rita fumed, snatched his paper and ripped it apart. “We’re indigenous and this is not India.”
“Mom, that’s my homework.”
She handed him another sheet of paper. “Write this, Matthew Thundercloud, not what you think your teacher wants to hear.
“They robbed graves, stole our land, enslaved us, murdered our children, forced their Christian religion upon us and gave us smallpox.”
“What if she gives me an ‘F’?”
Just smile and say, ‘Happy Turkey Day.’”
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This should explain my title:
Rochelle Wisoff-Fields-Addicted to Purple 
This reminds me of the saying “When they arrived we had the land and they had the bibles. They taught us how to close our eyes and pray. And when we opened them again, they had all the land and we had all the bibles.” Good story Rochelle. I was googling the origin of Thanksgiving this week, and as you say, candy-coated. Nice touch of bitterness and irony in your piece – you do that with such a deft touch. Good job.
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Dear Sandra,
I’ve heard that one, too. Mind you, I’m not against Christians or Christianity. I am against those who oppress and murder in the name of religion.
Thank you for your compliments re my writing. It warms this cold November day.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Written with your usual potency, this is especially appropriate in the light of the hypocrisy surrounding the current refugee situation, and not just in the USA.
Power to your pen.
And we have discussed previously the wonderful Ms Sainte Marie.
Great song, great performance.
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Dear CE
Some things make me angrier than others. Your comments make it worth the write.
As for Ms. Sainte Marie, I’ve become a Buffy junkie. She’s not only an incredible songwriter/singer, she’s an amazing woman.
Thank you.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Good piece, Rochelle. I was reading a piece about things we’ve always been told were true but are not. The pleasant Thanksgiving meal with pilgrims and Native Americans was one of them. There was no such meal. It’s total myth that society and the schools perpetuate. Well written as always. — Suzanne
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Dear Suzanne,
The history surrounding this holiday is truly appalling. The more I read, the angrier I get. Having grown up with myth as fact, I feel a bit duped. And even sadder is that instead of being about giving thanks the holiday is about stuffing ourselves with turkey and watching football. Nonetheless, I’ve many things to be thankful for. Friday Fictioneers is one of them.
Thank you for being part of that.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Educational as always without being preachy. Really well written.
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Thank you, Louise. That means a lot. I worry about being preachy or heavy-handed when I step up on my soapboxes.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Don’t worry about being preachy, some things are just not said enough times. Happy Turkey Day, indeed.
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Dear Loré,
Thank you for those comforting words. I agree, it’s one of those things that needs to be said again and again. It’s a wrong that will never be righted. Sadly.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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My American History teacher in high school had us read Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee. That gives you proper perspective. Nicely done.
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Dear J Hardy,
Obviously I graduated high school long before you did. 😉 However, in the 70’s there was a growing awareness of true history. And we point our fingers at communist countries for rewriting history. Hmmmm.
Thank you.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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There’s so much pain and a lot left unsaid in history, sometimes I feel they are ghosts walking through our streets and our life.
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Dear Chioma,
History is amazing, isn’t it? There’s so much we don’t know and so much that was never in our text books in school.
Thank you for reading and commenting.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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I’m afraid the colonization of all newly discovered lands by the so called civilized world also involved exploitation of the native inhabitants. It was a matter of..they have, we want. Sorry to say that the English who colonized my country of Australia committed genocide of many people groups and exploitation and depletion of many others. It happens everywhere by all conquering, for want of a better word, people’s over native inhabitants.
George Orwell speaks of it in his short story called killing an elephant. This tells of his time as a policeman on the subcontinent.
We can look back with regret, or we can look forward with hope. Hope that future generations will treat each other, and newly discovered people groups on other planets with some degree of civility.
Thank you for your story
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Dear Dave,
I’ll have to look for the Orwell story. I know that this type of history isn’t unique to the United States. Thank you for your insightful comments.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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It’s amazing how history is created, isn’t it? I saw that by going to both English and French schools. I always jokingingly (read sarcastically) say I never remember who the “bad” Indians are as each side (English and French) tells their story. And we all know there were no “bad” Indians, only bad white folk who came and took, took, took.
Great choice of music using a Canadian Native singer 😉 as the same thing happened in Canada as in the U.S.
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Dear Dale,
Of course there are good people in every race, nation and religion. There were good people in Nazi Germany who took a stand. Maybe my next novel will be a First Nations story. These seem to be my two soapboxes.
As I told CE, I’ve become a Buffy junkie since I used another of her videos before. She’s an amazing woman.
Thank you for swinging by to read and comment.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Dear Rochelle,
I really like your story, it is both educational and with a lovley humouristic twist at the end.
Best wishes
Helene
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Dear Helene,
I’m glad you caught the bit of humor at the end. 😉
Thank you.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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THANK YOU! I can’t shout that loud enough, Rochelle! THANK YOU for speaking the truth behind this holiday. People ask me why I don’t celebrate it, and I usually respond: “Would you celebrate the subjugation and virtual annihilation of your family?” They usually shutup, then. Thank you for being honest, and you are correct, we are not “indians” we are Native Americans.
For you, my full name: Howesha Mekwa Halaakwa Shkote Mienele Kikyshkote (Beautiful Bear Dancer of God’s Medicine).
hehe…you can just call me Jelli.
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Dear Jelli,
This might just be the most affirming comment I’ll get this week. The truth is horrible and I can’t turn my back on it. You’re very welcome.
Love the name. What tribe or nation?
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Shawnee/Cherokee. Out of the Ohio/Kentucky area of USA.
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So much truth in this.. pillagers seems to be a heritage we should bear with heads lowered but one way would be to use the day to show hospitality to the refugees of today… Today it was suggested that we should introduce Thanksgiving in Sweden to celebrate with today’s refugees coming here.
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Dear Björn,
One would think when we have chance after chance to right the wrongs that we could do it. Good for Sweden. Thank you for your affirming comments.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Great story and history lesson. I was a Buffy fan way……back in the day. We can still celebrate Thanksgiving though, by being thankful for what and who we have in our lives. Oh, also, by turning off the football game. Lol.
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Dear Jan,
Turn on the football game and I’ll hurt you. I’m pretty sure you introduced me to Buffy. I’m definitely thankful for that and thankful for a husband who wholeheartedly supports me. ❤
Thank you, dear.
Love,
Rochelle
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Soldier Blue this is my country. I remember like it was yesterday.
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I love this story, especially the ending. History–I was once naive enough to think that there is one world history, told the same everywhere. Hah. Now I know that it is a mosaic of many different little stories. The more of these pieces we can collect, the clearer the picture gets.
Love the Buffy song, it was never truer.
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Dear GAH,
There are so many facets to history. And then much of it’s about perspective and point of view. However, overwhelmingly my heart aches for the First Nations.
Glad you liked the Buffy song. I just love that woman’s music. Thank you.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Loved this story. And the characters. And the character’s name (Thundercloud). And how it was written.
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Thank you on all counts, Ansumani.
Shalom and Happy Thanksgiving,
Rochelle
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A great story, Rochelle, really well written. Not at all preachy, and nice to have some humour in it.
C – if I were a reader who didn’t know about the Pilgrim fathers and American history (and I suppose we shouldn’t assume everyone does), then because Matthew ends his first couple of lines talking about the ‘Indians’, and Rita then starts by saying they should be called ‘pillagers’ – it rather suggests she’s talking about the Indians and not the Pilgrims. (A very minor point though – in a great story.)
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Dear Claire,
I’m taking your critique under consideration. However my thought was that Pilgrim and Pillager were close enough in spelling that the meaning would come across.
At any rate I’m pleased that you like my story as a whole. 😀
Thank you.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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All history is slanted in one way or another, as you point out so well. I liked this a lot and even though I have no criticism (hurrying to read and then get ready to leave for Ohio), I do wish you and your a happy and blessed Thanksgiving, no matter which story is told around the table. 🙂
janet
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Dear Janet,
No need to dig for criticism for the sake of criticism. 😉 I’m glad you liked my story.
Safe travels and a Happy and blessed Thanksgiving. There’s always room to be thankful…365 days a year.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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We need a lot more Ritas to spread the message.
Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours.
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I agree, Patrick.
Thank you and Shalom,
Rochelle
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Have to say I didn’t expect so many bashes against my little story. Needless to say, I’ve removed it. sigh.
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I’m sorry to hear that Jelli. I didn’t see any of the comments.
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I took down the post to remove the link. I really liked the little story I wrote this week. I used a turn of phrase that’s quite common with the locals here, evidently that was a mistake.
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Not having seen any of the comments, it’s hard for me to speak into the situation. However, in those situations it’s best to politely explain to the commentor that you did just that. Used a common turn of a phrase. I honestly wish you hadn’t taken it down. But it’s your choice. 😦
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Yes, yes, yes!
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😀 😀 😀 thank you, Mama Zen.
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Great as usual with a nice twist midway through. Native Americans have a lot not to be thankful for.
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Dear Perry,
For sure. The Native Americans observe a national day of mourning on this day. Their own Yom Ha Shoa, if you will. I can understand why. Thanks you.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Yup, we were duped. Well done and timely.
I like that Mama.
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Dear Tracey,
Rita Thundercloud is one tough cookie. Woe to the teacher if she dares to give Matthew an ‘F.’
We have many things to be thankful for, twisting of history isn’t one of them.
Happy Thanksgiving and Shalom,
Rochelle
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Querida Rochelle,
Where has my time gone? I missed last weeks challenge. I had a good one but never completed it.
Now, here we are in the midst of a holiday. Everyone celebrating overindulgence, a parade of commercialism, football and a dog show.
I like the way you gave another fact for pondering. Yesterday, I saw a documentary on the real 1st Thanksgiving. It brought out many of the facts you talk about. Sadly, this line: “They robbed graves, stole our land, enslaved us, murdered our children, forced their Christian religion upon us and gave us smallpox.” – touched upon the same issue that occurred in Puerto Rico when good old Christopher Columbus decided to reek havoc on the native Taino Indians of whom I am – 3rd generation – related. YUP … history isn’t always written accurately.
I suppose I don’t have to say much about the video except: touching.
Gracias for writing about this historical time.
Con Carino,
Isadora
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Querida Isadora,
It seems that the Europeans spread their bad news and disease throughout the ‘New World.’ I’ve always been fascinated with the indigenous people. You do have a most fascinating history, querida amiga.
I’m cringing as I watch commercials for Black Friday and now we’ve added Orange Wednesday to the mix, the modern form of blankets and beads for your land, perhaps?
I think that Native American history has become my favorite soap box next to Jewish history. Injustice is the same the world over and it’s getting harder and harder to tell the good guys from the bad, isn’t it?
So I’ll smile and say, “Happy Turkey Day.” con abrazos.
Gracias para tus palabras dulces.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Good for Rita. She’s teaching her son what really happened. We should never forget our past mistakes so we never make them again. Great story as always, Rochelle!
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Dear Eric,
Do you think there is such a place, Toto? As I just said to Isadora, it’s getting harder and harder to tell the bad guys from the good. They all wear white hats these days.
Thank you and Happy Thanksgiving.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Haha! We can only hope there is one. It is hard to tell anymore. It’s so important to know how to research yourself. You can’t even count on the news to give you the straight story.
Happy Thanks giving to you too! 🙂
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Never make a chicken soup without authentic Matzoh Balls.
Happy T-day – to a fellow member of one of the original 12 tribes.
Randy 😉
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Dear Randy,
One year at a seder at a hotel we had Matzoh Balls that could’ve doubled as cannon balls. Authentic indeed.
Happy Thanksgiving to you, my fellow tribe-mate. 😉
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Great story, I can well picture the scene. Good use of the surname to make their heritage obvious without saying it.
History is written by the winners, as they say.
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Dear Ali,
Thank you for your glowing words that warm my author-ly heart. True story on history…well maybe not true, but I’m sure you get my meaning.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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well, as hard as these truths are …. this made me smile! And in that spirit, I’ve decided this Thanksgiving Day to avoid all news, no tv, no radio, no newspaper, and just concentrate on the love of family and the joy of the laughter and conversation we shall share today. There are some times when the world can be too intrusive and slap you on the face with its harshness. Not today.
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Dear Lillian,
I’m glad my story made you smile despite the acerbic and rather harsh message.
Enjoy your thanksgiving. There’s always room to be thankful. 😉
Thank you.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Sometimes harsh messages slap you hard and sometimes they make you smile knowingly in recognition. Either can be good. Until next week…..
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Wow! Very powerful post! Well written, and amazingly in 100 words or less. You are so good at making an interesting story with so few words …but the words you choose are well used. Thanks again for being our wonderful host. I love participating! 🙂
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Dear Arl,
Thank you so much for your kind words. I’m pleased you like my story. It’s one of those things where the more you do it the easier it gets.
Happy to have you aboard.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Great story Rochelle, was a nice quick twist. Glad to be able to participate again here. It had been quite some time.
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Thank you, Charley. I’m glad you enjoyed. 😀
Shalom,
Rochelle
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this reminds me of a story i read about the first thanksgiving. i’m not sure if it was true or not. the settlers invited the friendly indians for dinner and then sent them to the reservation. 🙂
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Dear Plaridel,
A bit of time lapse in that story. There were no reservations back then. But the settlers certainly took from the Native Americans without asking.
Thank you for coming by and taking the time to read. 😉
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Happy Thanksgiving, Rochelle! Miss Buffy was born in a reserve in Saskatchewan. We saw her in concert last year. Still very spry and politically active which I should strive for to make the world a better place. I’m not bent that way but my partner is. He’s a strong supporter of the aboriginal cause. He helped tend the fire lit for the murdered aboriginal women the past weekend. He talks alot about all these issues in the world. I listen. Your story reminds me of all the conversations. 🙂
Lily
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Dear Lily,
Buffy has become one of my heroes. Her song No No Keshagesh so fit my story I had to use it. 😉
Thank you.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Dear Rochelle
Great piece! And well said!
Throughout history land has always been more important than life… it’s beyond time this changed.
Solo
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Dear Solo,
We don’t seem to learn from history, do we? In any event, thank you for your comments re my story. 😀
Shalom,
Rochelle
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I could feel the pain and anger steaming off of her – Brilliant!!!!!!!!
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Thank you, Sarah. 😀
Shalom,
Rochelle
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I love this story!
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Thank you, Jenn. 😀
Shalom,
Rochelle
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This is true to life. I once had a Chippewa friend who did it on a term paper. She got docked for spelling.
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Dear Alice,
It’s always a thrill to find when a story I’ve written is tinged with truth.
Thank you for that.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Dear Alice Roker,
I’ve never really trusted men who wore leggings and buckles on their shoes. That should have tipped the Native American’s off right there. Even now, the phrase, “Don’t trust whitey,” echoes across our land. We’re a selfish and greedy lot and will do whatever it takes to keep from going to the opera.
Stay-at-home Bob
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Dear SAH Bob,
I read in one article that the indigenous trusted the Pilgrims because they had women and children with them. The Wanpanoag would never put their women and children in harm’s way. Go figure. Selfish and greedy indeed. You should try the opera. You might like it. 😉
Shalom,
Alice Roker.
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Oh, I adore this story, and I love Buffy Sainte-Marie! Thank you for that, Rochelle! (I’m back from India, and all is well. We had a beautiful stay with my family.)
Happy (belated) Thanksgiving!
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The defiant and proud tone of the mother in the story, and the name “Thundercloud,” are perfect.
Reminds me of a story floating around in my school (back in India) about the Head Girl two or three years before I graduated. It was an ICSC board school in my school at that time, and some of the papers were apparently graded in the U.K. (I don’t know this part for sure, I was just told this.) The Head Girl wrote a scathing indictment of the British in Colonial India, and was given an F.
How much of this is apocryphal, and how much of this is real, I cannot say.
It just reminded me of your story.
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Dear Vijaya,
I’m pleased that you liked my story so much. Thank you for sharing your story. Sometimes it’s tough to accept the truth when a person has believed the truth to be something else.
I’m glad you had a good visit with your family.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Powerful and moving, Rochelle. Hope your holiday was wonderful, however you celebrate it. xo
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Dear Dawn,
Thank you for your kind words re my story. We had a wonderful time with family and celebrated in the traditional way. 😉
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Alas, exploitation continues to this day. Well said, Rochelle. The accompanying song is great.
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Dear Laura,
As long as there are humans, I fear there will be exploitation.
Thank you for your comments re my story and the song. How much do I love that woman!
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Ain’t that the truth, Rochelle! Well said. Tell it like it is. It’s hard to swallow this whole holiday and can’t believe I was fed that whole story growing up. I try to concentrate on the gratitude part only. Great story to raise awareness.
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Dear Amy,
We were all fed the story along with a side of cranberry sauce and mashed potatoes. As with Jell-O there’s always room for gratitude.
Thank you.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Hi Rochelle! I feel so ignorant about history. But thanks to you I always learn something new here. The truth about The Thanks giving. It really pains me the way religions are thrust upon others. Great story with a great impact.
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Dear Indira,
Don’t ask me anything about Indian history. 😉 I know nothing. I’m a firm believer that if faith is worth sharing it’s done through loving actions not forced cultural change.
Thank you,
Shalom,
Rochelle
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I’m an Indian and have lot to say about this. It touched me. You write so beautifully.
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Righteous indignation is a strong motivation to set the record straight. And about time, too.
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Dear Erin,
Alas, I grew up hearing the history as Matthew wrote it in the first sentence. It’s more than past time to set the record straight.
Thank you for coming by.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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So much fear and hatred and regret in our world. This may never change no matter how many times we say I’m sorry.
Ellespeth
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Dear Ellespeth,
Saying I’m sorry now is only a few hundred years too late. At any rate we can acknowledge what happened.
Thank you for reading and commenting.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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I know…being sorry is always an afterthought.
It’s always my pleasure to read and comment on your work, Rochelle. Until next time
Ellespeth
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Well done!! A few years ago I visited a residential school next to a reserve our youth service was visiting. It was so sad and eerie walking on the grounds. Villagers say at night sometimes they hear children crying. Our First Nations People are still trying to heal from the damage we have done.
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Dear Cheryl-Lynn,
It’s a wound that may never heal I fear.
Thank you.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Definitely another example of history being rewritten to sugarcoat the past. Loved your story Rochelle. Wish more people were like the mom in the story.
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Dear Colline,
I remember being shocked as a teenager to learn the dark side of the Pilgrims’s history.
Thank you. 😀
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Nicely told, Rochelle, There are two sides to every story and to every history
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Dear RG,
And on those two sides of history there are many facets, aren’t there.
Thank you for coming by to read and comment.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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So very true
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Great story Rochelle. The founding of the Massachusetts Bay Colony was a hardship for the Pilgrims as it established the very Puritan religion they had fled from in England.
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Dear Joseph,
Ironic isn’t it? I consider the Puritan’s religion to be one of the most backward and cruel blots on American history. I wonder at people who witness by spewing hell fire and brimstone and then wonder why their faith isn’t accepted by their victims. 😉
Thank you.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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While I cannot discount the whole of the faith (it did give rise to a Great Awakening and eventually spun off into the Holiness movement of which I am a fan) I find that one of its greatest drawbacks was its sometimes extreme view of Calvinism with its held on the idea that certain men were destined to Heaven and others to Hell. This in itself gave permission for certain segments of the population to be discounted and trampled because they were already predestined to damnation.
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How we mangle history to make it tell the stories we want to hear. I love your story, and the music clip was great.
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Dear Margaret
I’m glad you liked both my story and the video. I love Buffy Sainte Marie. She has so much to say and says it so well.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Dearest Rochelle, to think that all ideas (divergent as they are) of the multiplicity of lines of thinking somehow fit together, much make things “clearer” is naivety. All people of the earth search for meaning, for truth, some so bold as to recognize that it is Truth we seek, not just truth. But to think that our Creator would leave us without access to Truth would be illogical. Clearly he loves us. The problem comes in one of two ways, either we misunderstand what He is saying (bad doctrine, wrong theology) plus, we cannot bear the thought of saying that something (and he/she who believes it) is wrong. Or, we refuse to live with a mystery which is the Achilles’ heel of those who have to know every answer. Accept finiteness! How can the painting understand the painter? It cannot! Marvel in his glory! All peoples search, each religion has its own explanation, but that does not mean each explanation as a whole is equal. There are bits of truth even in the words of Satan — that is how he lures us — but his whole message is wrong (and deadly). So it is with spurious religions and theories of the world. Just because all worldviews have some truth in them does not make them equally true. Unified truth does exist. There is A true faith. It is misguided naivety to embrace everything, for one reason, they contradict. What if one of the Truth leaders said, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me” that would make him exclusive. You cannot logically mix his ideas with that of others. You either accept or reject him as a whole. In regard to all of this, He would be the logical one to seek first. Just be sure not to assume all your answers can be answered (leaving room for mystery) and avoid misunderstandings of his words. God bless you!
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Dear Steve,
You’ve heard the term “preaching to the choir?” Do not mistake my writing a POV from a people savagely treated by so-called Christians for a lack of faith. I know the One who is the way, the truth and the life.
Shabbat Shalom,
Rochelle
PS I would ask, that in the future, you would refrain from leaving sermons on my blog. Thank you for your sensitivity and understanding.
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Great story with a great message. I love the video!
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Thanks for taking the time to read this oldie, Trent.
Shalom and Happy Turkey Day,
Rochelle
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Thanks for sharing ‘this oldie’ – powerful and inspiring. I haven’t heard Buffy sing since since my student days – a real uplift.
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P.S. I have a photo which I’m happy to share Rochelle. Let me know.
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