Keepunumuk : : Weeâchumun's Thanksgiving Story

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Call Number: Kids Book / Holidays / Thanksgiving / Greendeer, Danielle, Kids Book / Holidays / Thanksgiving / Greendeer, Danielle.
On Shelf At: Downtown Library, Malletts Creek Branch, Pittsfield Branch, Traverwood Branch, Westgate Branch

Location & Checkout Length	Call Number	Checkout Length	Item Status
Downtown Kids Holidays 4-week checkout	Kids Book / Holidays / Thanksgiving / Greendeer, Danielle	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Malletts Storage Kids 4-week checkout	Kids Book / Holidays / Thanksgiving / Greendeer, Danielle.	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Pittsfield Storage Kids 4-week checkout	Kids Book / Holidays / Thanksgiving / Greendeer, Danielle.	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Traverwood Kids Books 4-week checkout	Kids Book / Holidays / Thanksgiving / Greendeer, Danielle.	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Westgate Kids Books 4-week checkout	Kids Book / Holidays / Thanksgiving / Greendeer, Danielle.	4-week checkout	On Shelf

Wampanoag children listen as their grandmother tells them the story about how Weeâchumun (the wise Corn) asked local Native Americans to show the Pilgrims how to grow food to yield a good harvest--Keepunumuk--in 1621.

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An Alternate Perspective submitted by Meginator on June 24, 2023, 9:49pm This picture book tells the story of the first Thanksgiving from a Wampanoag perspective and also provides a few educational notes with additional context about the historical and modern Wampanoag people. The framing device, which involves a grandmother telling the story to her grandchildren, emphasizes the fact that the Wampanoag people still live in their ancestral lands today and helps to educate readers about storytelling traditions as well as presenting the story itself. The story emphasizes the importance of understanding and working with nature and presents an important perspective on colonization that, as the characters themselves note, isn’t always taught in US schools. The illustrations have nice earthy tones to them that fit nicely with the story’s core themes, and the book is a great alternative to the typical Thanksgiving narrative, one that centers First Peoples and celebrates their traditions and mythology.