majority indian myself
Lets dispell some myths
Yes it is a holiday that somehow got tied to the pilgrims and the indians. Though it never was celebrated in reality back then. Wasnt until a letter writting campaign that went on for decades by one woman that Lincoln caved and made it a national holiday to give thanks "to god".
Yet if we wish to go to folklore and myth in regards to pilgrims and indians. Lets set a couple facts straight right now.
1. Probably no turkeys were served.
2. Meal would of mostly been lobster, oysters, eels, nuts, berries, and wild game.
3. There was no cider, everyone drank beer or rum even the kids.
4. Pumkin pie or whatever is highly unlikely.
5. Cranberries would of been out of the question since sugar was so rare and or expensive.
Ok the turkey did not get the hold on thankgiving until the late fourties around the time of a Rockwell painting, and that was the end of various main dishes. Before that painting of a family at the dinner table and a woman bringing in a plater with a perfectly golden bird on it, people in general served whatever. From ham, duck, goose, chicken, or whatever they happened to have.
Just like the idea of what santa claus looks like and his red and white colors (thanks coca cola), turkeys and thankgiving are just the results of a sucessfull advertising campaign.