October 10, 2016, Chula Vista-
All Canada offers thanks,
for a successful harvest.
Canadian Thanksgiving
is a true celebration
of the farmers’ fruition.
It has ever been a rejoinder
to the Columbus Day tradition.
First Nations people, across the nation
would gather to honour the Holy People
and the Creator,
for all that was given them
to stave off deprivation.
The Europeans across the north,
tried to snuff out many traditions,
in the name of “civilization”.
What they meant by “civilized’ were things like
private property, walls, fences and speaking
one of two European languages.
Harvest, and sharing, made the cut, though.
Love is one thing, no one can long disparage.
Happy Thanksgiving, Canada!
A Sagittarian Seeker 
Instead of snuff out, I would say exterminate, based on my studying American History with a tutee last weekend.
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A case can be made for either term.
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Thank you Gary. I want to learn more about the Thanksgiving Day here and the Natives.
I know when Colombus came to the US and found it, he called the Natives who were already there, “Indians”. That was because, Colombus originally wanted to find India, in Asia. But he had taken to wrong turn and ended up in America.
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As it happens, Scandinavians and Basques were around in North America, at least two hundred years before Columbus arrived.
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