Allegiance to Gratitude

In this article, I discovered what the Thanksgiving Adress was in Onondaga, a sovereign territory outside the jurisdiction of the United States. Indeed, there, this address is recited by kids at school. It is ‘’an invocation to gratitude’’, gratitude to our earth, which they refer to as their mother. This last gives them everything they need, such as fruits, fish, vegetables… Thus, instead of reciting the anthem of their country, as it is the case in the United States, they prefer to be thankful to their mother, who is at the base of their creation. One should not see that as an act of…