In 1621, the Wampanoag Tribe Had Its Own Agenda
In American lore, friendly Indians helped freedom-loving colonists. In real life, the Wampanoags had a problem they didn’t know how to fix.
David J. Silverman
David J. Silverman is professor of history at George Washington University. His This Land is Their Land: The Wampanoag Indians, Plymouth Colony, and the Troubled History of Thanksgiving was recently published by Bloomsbury.
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