those kinds of lists are my favorite . I don ' t need 50 lists to inform me about the consensus opinion . <| sep |> I ' m Native American and I ' m spending the day eating turkey , visiting with my family and reflecting on what we are thankful for . If you don ' t buy into the pilgrimIndian bs , that ' s great , but it ' s no reason to boycott or ruin the holiday for others . I really don ' t mind the holiday itself , what bugs me is how my kids come home pretending to be Indians by whooping and doing the tomahawk chop , because one of their teachers thought it was somehow appropriate to teach them this stereotypical bs . I live in an area with a relatively low Native population my grandmother moved away from the Rez in the 1950 s in search of a better standard of living and our branch of the family never moved back , although her siblings and many of their descendants still live there . I can address the stereotypes with my kids , but it really bothers me that we are still , in 2016 , teaching racial stereotypes in our public school systems . There are a lot of kids today that think of Indians as savages from the Wild West and not as a group of people that still live among them today . I ' ve seen similar stereotypical treatment of other races such as Mexicans at this same public school , which is supposed to be one of the best in the area . I don ' t think this is being done with malicious intent for the most part , but rather out of sheer ignorance . So if you want to make a difference , make an effort to get this type of racial stereotyping out of the schools don ' t boycott a holiday that at its essence is about reflecting on what makes you happy and spending time with those you love . Now you want to know a holiday I hate ? Columbus Day , fuck that holiday .