Thanksgiving history: Indigenous mom leads call to learn about ‘Truthsgiving’ [Video]

An Alaska mom of two is opening up about what she says is the truth about Thanksgiving — or “Truthsgiving” — and joining a growing number of outspoken Indigenous community members who want others to know there’s more to the Thanksgiving story of 1621 than many American schoolchildren are taught.

Kelsey Ciugun Wallace, a TikTok content creator, mom of two, and the development and communications director at the Alaska Native Heritage Center, said she was inspired to post about “Truthsgiving” after talking to her daughter Cingarkaq last year when she came home from kindergarten with a homework assignment about Thanksgiving.

“I just remember sitting there and looking at the curriculum and realizing that it hadn’t changed from when I was in school,” Wallace, who is an Orutsararmiut Native Council member, recalled to “Good Morning America,” saying it “felt wrong” to go along with the “happy feast” storyline.

Wallace posted a TikTok videoahead of Thanksgiving last year — …