We have no campus events to recommend this week, but there is no shortage of cultural enrichment to be had, related to many aspects of the Thanksgiving holiday.
Check out What’s Cooking?, viewable online on tubitv.com, if you want to see some family drama in four very different yet interrelated American families.
Want to see Thanksgiving celebrations in historical context in U.S. history, including colonial-era instructions on stuffing and roasting turkey? Your Library of Congress has quite a bit.
Ever thought about how Native Americans today feel about Thanksgiving? See this writeup from the National Museum of the American Indian. Want to find out about the role the late-fall/winter staple wild rice’s cultural and historical significance for the Ojibwe people? Look at some of the Youtube videos on “Manoomin,” the Ojibwe name for wild rice, like this short documentary.
And for fun and exciting dinner conversation, how about this? https://www.history.com/news/thanksgiving-history-trivia-facts
Wishing all our colleagues a happy weekend away from work, however you celebrate,
-The Diversity Committee