«Breaking News» Native Americans mark Thanksgiving with day of mourning

Thanksgiving is nothing to celebrate for Native Americans, who gathered Thursday in the town where the Pilgrims settled for a solemn National Day of Mourning observance.

The holiday's noon gathering in downtown Plymouth, Massachusetts, recalled the disease, racism and oppression that the European settlers brought.

It's the 49th year that the United American Indians of New England have organized the event on Thanksgiving Day.

Moonanum James, a co-leader of the group, said: 'Native people have no reason to celebrate the arrival of the Pilgrims.'

In this November 15, 2018 photo, Mashpee Wampanoag Kerri Helme uses plant fiber to weave a basket while sitting next to a fire at the Wampanoag Homesite at Plimoth Plantation in Plymouth

Actor David Madden, left, in the role of pilgrim John Cooke, interacts with visitors at Plimoth Plantation living history museum village in Plymouth on November 18, 2018

People walk through the living history museum village where visitors can get a glimpse into the world of the 1627 Pilgrim village on November 18, 2018

Participants of the annual gathering beat drums, offered prayers as well as public speeches.

Participants condemned pipeline projects and fracking that they say needlessly and recklessly degrades the environment.

They also expressed their solidarity with refugees from Latin America who are being denied entry to the U.S.  

Mashpee Wampanoag Phillip Wynne pours water to control fire and temperatures while making a mishoon, a type of boat, from a tree at the Wampanoag Homesite at Plimoth Plantation, in Plymouth on November 15, 2018

The UAINE website explained that this year's event is 'dedicated to our thousands of relatives who are migrants and are being abused by ICE and other government agencies, including having their children stolen from them. 

'Thanksgiving day is a reminder of the genocide of millions of Native people, the theft of Native lands, and the relentless assault on Native culture.

'Participants in National Day of Mourning honor Native ancestors and the struggles of Native peoples to survive today.' 

Visitors stand in a pavilion while looking at Plymouth Rock, in Plymouth on November 18, 2018

Visitors walk past a fort at Plimoth Plantation living history museum village, in Plymouth on November 18

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