This is actually my face when people tell me "happy thanksgiving" lmao! I use to get really offended and tell people off but I don't do that anymore. Actually, I take the time to remind people about what Thanksgiving is really all about if they push it too much. I also tell people that I do my best to respect other people's beliefs and how they should and if they would want someone telling them that they could not worship their God and how some people think that their God is evil. I usually will have their attention then. I do keep it short and sweet because all I want to do...just as all my ancestors did that were of all African and Native indigenous peoples wanted was to live in peace. Ase'!!
Did you know that OKLAHOMA MEANS "home of the red man"? It is said that when the Cherokee first arrived in Oklahoma during the great trail of tears, many small towns were named after what they saw! Towns like...HOLATA OKLAHOMA(saw a whole lotta Indians lol). Broken bow, Broken Arrow, Oolagah, Ahloso, Oklahoma. Here is a list of towns and cities of Oklahoma and as you read you will see the difference in these names than any other names in all the states!!! Even though most of us do not celebrate thanksgiving many of our families do and many of us are of mixed cultures and heritage so many still do especially the elders. Let us just take this time to not make people feel bad about thanksgiving but to bring awareness of how to not repeat history and to respect other's beliefs as we educate those to respect our beliefs! Ase'
~High Priestess Kathie
Ahpeatone, Oklahoma
Agawam, Oklahoma
Anadarko, Oklahoma
Apache, Oklahoma
Arapaho, Oklahoma
Atoka, Oklahoma
Atoka County, Oklahoma
Atoka Lake
Lake Atoka Reservoir
Bokoshe, Oklahoma
Bokchito, Oklahoma
Caddo, Oklahoma
Caddo County, Oklahoma
Catoosa, Oklahoma
Cayuga, Oklahoma
Chattanooga, Oklahoma
Checotah, Oklahoma
Cherokee, Oklahoma
Cherokee County, Oklahoma
Cherokee State Park
Cherokee Landing State Park
Grand Lake o' the Cherokees
Cheyenne, Oklahoma
Chickasaw National Recreation Area
Chickasha, Oklahoma
Chilocco, Oklahoma
Choctaw, Oklahoma
Choctaw County, Oklahoma
Comanche, Oklahoma
Comanche County, Oklahoma
Coweta, Oklahoma
Etowah, Oklahoma
Eucha, Oklahoma
Lake Eucha
Lake Eucha Park
Eufaula, Oklahoma
Eufaula Lake
Gotebo, Oklahoma
Harjo, Oklahoma
Hitchita, Oklahoma
Hochatown, Oklahoma
Hochatown State Park
Honobia, Oklahoma
Hulah Lake (Oklahoma)
Kaw City, Oklahoma
Kaw Lake
Keokuk Falls, Oklahoma
Keota, Oklahoma
Kinta, Oklahoma
Kiowa, Oklahoma
Kiowa County, Oklahoma
Konawa, Oklahoma
Konawa Reservoir
Kosoma, Oklahoma
Lenapah, Oklahoma
Manitou, Oklahoma
Maramec, Oklahoma
Miami, Oklahoma
North Miami, Oklahoma
Minco, Oklahoma
Muskogee, Oklahoma
Muskogee County, Oklahoma
Nanih Waiyah Lake
Nashoba, Oklahoma
Neodesha, Oklahoma
Neosho River
New Alluwe, Oklahoma
Ninnekah, Oklahoma
Nowata, Oklahoma
Nowata County, Oklahoma
Nuyaka, Oklahoma
Ochelata, Oklahoma
Okemah, Oklahoma
Okesa, Oklahoma
Okfuskee County, Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma County, Oklahoma
Oklahoma Lake
Oklahoma River
Okmulgee, Oklahoma
Okmulgee County, Oklahoma
Okmulgee Lake
Okmulgee State Park
Oktaha, Oklahoma
Olustee, Oklahoma
Oologah, Oklahoma
Oologah Lake
Osage, Oklahoma
Osage County, Oklahoma
Osage Hills State Park
Ottawa County, Oklahoma
Ouachita Mountains
Ouachita National Forest
Owasso, Oklahoma
Pawhuska, Oklahoma
Pawnee, Oklahoma
Pawnee County, Oklahoma
Pensacola, Oklahoma
Peoria, Oklahoma
Pocasset, Oklahoma
Pocola, Oklahoma
Ponca City, Oklahoma
Pontotoc, Oklahoma
Pontotoc County, Oklahoma
Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma
Pushmataha County, Oklahoma
Pushmataha Wildlife Management Area
Quapaw, Oklahoma
Sapulpa, Oklahoma
Sasakwa, Oklahoma
Seminole, Oklahoma
Seminole County, Oklahoma
Sequoyah County, Oklahoma
Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge
Sequoyah State Park
Sequoyah Bay State Park
Shawnee, Oklahoma
Skedee, Oklahoma
Skiatook, Oklahoma
Skiatook Lake
Skullyville, Oklahoma
Tahlequah, Oklahoma
Talala, Oklahoma
Talihina, Oklahoma
Talimena State Park
Talimena Scenic Drive
Taloga, Oklahoma
Tamaha, Oklahoma
Tecumseh, Oklahoma
Texas County, Oklahoma
Tishomingo, Oklahoma
Tishomingo National Wildlife Refuge
Tonkawa, Oklahoma
Tullahassee, Oklahoma
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Tulsa County, Oklahoma
New Tulsa, Oklahoma
Tupelo, Oklahoma
Tushka, Oklahoma
Tuskahoma, Oklahoma
Wah-Sha-She State Park
Wakita, Oklahoma
Wapanucka, Oklahoma
Washita, Oklahoma
Washita County, Oklahoma
Washita National Wildlife Refuge
Washunga, Oklahoma
Watonga, Oklahoma
Watova, Oklahoma
Waurika, Oklahoma
Waurika Lake
Waynoka, Oklahoma
Weleetka, Oklahoma
Wetumka, Oklahoma
Wewoka, Oklahoma
Wichita Mountains
Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge
Wyandotte, Oklahoma
Yahola, Oklahoma
Lake Yahola (Oklahoma)
Even though most of us do not celebrate thanksgiving many of our families do and many of us are of mixed cultures and heritage so many still do especially the elders. Let us just take this time to not make people feel bad about thanksgiving but to bring awareness of how to not repeat history and to respect other's beliefs as we educate those to respect others' beliefs! Ase'
~High Priestess Kathie
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