WASHINGTON — Each year on the last Thursday of November, families in the United States gather to celebrate Thanksgiving. It was originally intended as a day of prayer and gratitude — not just for good harvests but for a leader’s good health or success in battle. Today, the holiday revolves around a sentimentalized retelling of the […]
It’s one of the most contentious debates in anthropology today: Where did America’s first peoples come from — and when? The general scientific consensus is that a single wave of people crossed a long-vanished land bridge from Siberia into Alaska around 13,000 years ago. But some Native Americans are irked by the theory, which they […]
In the continuing tale of Billy Franks, last week in chapter three, readers read of Franks joining the military, getting married to Norma McCloud, Then, at the end of the Korean War, Frank’ release from the Marine Corps. and his time working for power companies. We also read of the period of time known as […]