Denise Howell has found time to let us know about the Day of Mourning site, which informs us that "the long history of subsequent violence and discrimination suffered by Native People across America is nowhere represented" by the tale of the first Thanksgiving.
Of course, the Christmas story focuses only on the message of hope and world peace occasioned by the birth of Jesus, and fails to include any mention of the Catholic Church's long history of violence and oppression against dissenters, non-believers, Jews and Muslims in the name of Christ. And while the worst of the violence visited upon Native Americans lasted for perhaps a hundred years, the systematic violence of the Catholic Church lasted for nearly 1,000 years. But there is no Day of Mourning for the victims of the Crusades or of the Spanish Inquisition.
In truth, there is no "equal time" expectation for holidays and observances. Holidays are a time to focus on the positive aspects of human life. We seem to spend all the rest of our time on the negatives.
Query whether the Day of Mourning people are going to include descriptions of the savage butchery perpetrated by certain Indian tribes against white settlers and against other Indians. Probably not is my guess.
6:46:06 PM 
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