WRITING
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Thanksgiving(s)
Published in BOUNDLESS: NATIVE AMERICAN ABUNDANCE IN ART AND LITERATURE
Amherst College Press
“Rachel Beth Sayet is a scholar who served as the Five Colleges Community Development Fellow, Native American and Indigenous Studies. She is Mohegan. This essay is excerpted and revised from “Wikôtamuwôk Wuci Ki tà Kihtahan (A Celebration of Land and Sea): Modern Indigenous Cuisine in New England” published on the web-based magazine Dawnland Voices, Issue 4, May 9, 2017.”
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The First of the Mohegans
“Aquy. Greetings.
I remember many an argument with history teachers growing up, trying to explain to them that Columbus did not discover “America," starting as early as the first grade.”
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Thanksgiving Resources & Reflections from Mohegan Educator Rachel Sayet
THE TABLE UNDERGROUND with TAGAN ENGEL
“When we look at the history of this country, it is shown to us in a glorified way. We are told the settlers killed savage Indians in the fight for freedom. The only time Natives are talked about in a positive light is when discussing the “happy feast” that occurred at this “first Thanksgiving”, after that, New England Natives disappear from history.”
BOUNDLESS: Native American Abundance in Art and Literature
Explore Rachel’s contributions to Boundless:Native American Abundance in Art and Literature a two-part exhibition that took place at the Mead Art Museum at Amherst College and the 2025 publication of the same name. Boundless brings artists and writers together across generations, often drawing together works by members of the same tribe or even the same family to show the history, presence, and futurity of Native American creative and intellectual production.