Thanksgiving

5. – The reason for the original 1621 celebration—food gathered for winter.
6. – Historian who explains why confronting Native history is important.
7. – Colony where the Pilgrims settled and held the 1621 feast.
9. – Where Squanto was taken after being enslaved.
11. – Historical process Silverman says was violent and often hidden behind myths.
13. – A more likely entrée at the 1621 feast than turkey.
15. – Meat brought by the Wampanoag to the 1621 gathering.
16. – Lincoln declared Thanksgiving four months after this major Civil War victory.
17. – President who made Thanksgiving a national holiday in 1863.
19. – Term for a large shared meal like the 1621 gathering.
20. – Modern Thanksgiving dish unlikely to be served in 1621.

1. – Term for the taking of land through force, central to Native American history.
2. – Tribe that helped the Pilgrims learn to fish, plant, and hunt.
3. – A main activity on early Puritan thanksgiving days.
4. – English colonists who settled at Plymouth in 1620.
8. – Puritan practice on early “days of thanksgiving.”
10. – Macy’s annual Thanksgiving event that began in 1924.
12. – A widely told story that is not fully true, such as “friendly Indians handing over land.”
14. – Revolutionary War victory that led to the 1777 national day of Thanksgiving.
18. – The people whose history Silverman says is often overlooked in schools.