

Revolution Gratitude What Comes After the Myth
Founding Fictions by Elle Van Gundy
S1
Nov 17, 2025
17:31
Episode notes
Host Elle Van Gundy addresses the "heavy history" of Thanksgiving and how to move from passive guilt to active responsibility. Centering the Ohenten Kariwatekwen (Haudenosaunee Thanksgiving Address) as a transformative framework, this episode outlines four practical steps to "decolonize" the holiday: educating oneself with Indigenous scholarship, performing meaningful land acknowledgments, reframing the feast to honor Indigenous food systems, and taking material action to support Indigenous sovereignty
Keywords
Constitution
Founding fathers
Thanksgiving
Haudenosaunee Thanksgiving Address
Decolonizing Thanksgiving
Wampanoag
Land Acknowledgment