A holiday poem from Williams S. Burroughs: “Thanks for the wild turkey and the passenger pigeons …”
Video: “A Thanksgiving Prayer,” by Gus Van Sant. The poem first appeared in Tornado Alley (1989).
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“Native Americans Mark Thanksgiving with ‘National Day of Mourning’ Protests,” Jessie Daniels, Racism Review
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