Keepunumuk: Weeâchumun's Thanksgiving Story Devin Elle Kurtz a discipline at the crossroads

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Keepunumuk: Weeâchumun's Thanksgiving Story Devin Elle Kurtz a discipline at the crossroadsIn this Wampanoag story told in a Native tradition, two kids from the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe learn the story of Weechumun (corn) and the first Thanksgiving. Written and illustrated by four Indigenous creators, this picture book for 3 7 year olds is about the first Thanksgiving from a Native American perspectivereshaping the story and perhaps questioning how the United States sees itself. The Thanksgiving story that most Americans know celebrates the