53rd Annual National Day of Mourning in Plymouth Massachusetts

Continuing from 1970 when Frank James refused demands by city fathers to drastically change his Thanksgiving Day speech, an alternative commemoration. Organized by United American Indians of New England, Native people from the Americas and beyond reveal truths about Native peoples.

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Indigenous-led demonstration in Plymouth marks National Day of Mourning, Jennette Barnes (November 23, 2022)


Original speech by Wamsutta Frank James (1970)

 

National Day of Mourning, 1997, a broadside by Skip Schiel

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Photos by Skip Schiel & Teeksa Photography

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