Published Nov. 24, 2009
By the Tri-City Herald staff
PASCO — As part of Native American Heritage month, the episode After the Mayflower from the PBS series We Shall Remain was screened Monday at Columbia Basin College in Pasco.
The episode recounts the story of pilgrims settling in present-day Massachusetts and establishing a partnership with the Wampanoag Indians for trade and mutual protection and the subsequent deterioration of the partnership more than 50 years later.
“It’s taking a look at the first Thanksgiving from different perspectives,” said David Arnold, a history professor at CBC.
Arnold led a discussion about the events, saying the documentary series is not meant to demonize early settlers or romanticize American Indians, but to look at the moments when both cultures realized the need for each other’s help.
As they forged a mutual understanding and tried to reach common ground, Arnold said those practices can apply to modern day conflicts.
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