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Counts things associated with a harvest feast in colonial Plymouth Colony, including pilgrims, Wampanoags, nuts, squash, and, of course, turkeys.

Describes how the Massachusetts Indian Squanto was captured by the British, sold into slavery in Spain, and ultimately returned to the New World to become a guide and friend for the Pilgrims.

An exploration of the Wampanoag Indians, discussing the nation's relationship with settlers, culture, women, housing, and more.

Follows the activities of a young boy as his family attends a Wampanoag powwow, describing the significance of some of the events at the gathering, particularly the dances.

A simple biography of the Wampanoag Indian who helped the Pilgrims survive in their early days in the Plymouth colony.

Depicts the story of the first Thanksgiving, three days of feasting during which the Pilgrims celebrated their survival of their first year at Plymouth and their thanks for the help of their neighbors, the Indians.

An introduction to the life of the Massachusetts Indian Squanto, best known for befriending the Pilgrims of the New Plymouth Colony. Describes how the Indian Squanto, an English-speaking Christian and former slave, whose village had been wiped out by smallpox, taught the Pilgrims the skills they needed to survive the harsh Massachusetts winter.

In the mid-nineteenth-century shipbuilding town of Essex, Massachusetts, twelve-year-old Addie learns a startling secret about her past when she escapes servitude by running away to live in the snowy woods and meets an elderly Wampanoag woman.

Ahead of the 400th anniversary of the first Thanksgiving, a new look at the Plymouth colony's founding events, told for the first time with Wampanoag people at the heart of the story. In March 1621, when Plymouth's survival was hanging in the balance, the Wampanoag sachem (or chief), Ousamequin (Massasoit), and Plymouth's governor, John Carver, declared their people's friendship for each other and a commitment to mutual defense. Later that autumn,...

Tells the life story of the Patuxet Indian who, after his capture, escape, and return to his childhood home, helped the Pilgrims establish the colony of Plymouth.