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Giving Thanks: A Native American Good Morning Message

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Cartoon. Native American people holding hands, waving at a mountain landscape. Caption. Mother Earth, we thank you for giving us everything we need.

Speaking in English and Mohawk, Chief Jake Swamp narrates a traditional Native American Thanksgiving address of peace and appreciation of mother earth, all her inhabitants, and her gifts of animals, weather, and the heavens. Based on his book by the same name.

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Runtime: 8 minutes

Topic: History, Social Science
Subtopic: Native Americans, Thanksgiving
Grade/Interest Level: K - 4
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Release Year: 1997
Producer/Distributor: Weston Woods Studios
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Group of people stand in a cluster with cars in background. Caption. Living inside and outside of mainstream American society.

Native American person with face paint wears animal feathered headdress. Caption. But the history of American Indians in this land.

Native American figure with black covering on face holds up weapon in each hand. Second figure lunges in background. Caption. And one of the greatest warrior chiefs.

Man looks at camera and parts lips mid-speech. Backdrop displays black and white illustration of shirtless man falling forward with hair swept up behind him. Caption. One on the eastern seaboard near present-day Boston.

Black and white photo of the midsection of a woman with long, dark hair. Caption. Sarah was also the first American Indian.

Color illustration of a hunter with long, dark hair aiming a spear at two deer by a lake. Caption. Hurled with a unique and powerful tool.

Aerial view of sprawling red rock formations. Caption. Resting between the Rocky Mountains on the east.

Man looks down at camera and parts lips in mid-speech. Backdrop displays painting of a militia bearing an American flag and facing off against Native Americans in battle.

Person walking through low hills of green and brown shrubs and rock strewn in red soil. Caption: through the Texas Panhandle.

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Annie M. (Brookline, MA)

November 6th, 2019 at 02:06 PM

I use this picture book every year to introduce my first graders to the concept of being grateful and thankful around Thanksgiving. This video is wonderful because it is narrated by an Indigenous person and brings the story to life.
MARGERY D. (FLORISSANT, MO)

November 26th, 2013 at 11:55 AM

love this video - it has become a part of our classroom's annual Thanksgiving traditions