I'm think the emphasis one choses re. the celebration at Jamestown depends on one's interests  and does not necessarily indicate a bias or lack thereof.  (Who can not smile when thinking of Randy and his trumpets?)

  One thing that is certain: Colonization and conquest did not come to Jamestown or even Plymouth with the Europeans, but were long practiced by the tribes.

  Joanne
  Descendant of both John Alden and those who watched
  him  come ashore from the Mayflower.

Anne Pemberton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
  Mr. Deal,

That's why I chose to write my first Thanksgiving story about the Pilgrims
instead of Jamestown. It is so much more about the contributions of the
Natives than the Jamestown story.

Anne

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Subject: Re: Raining on our Jamestown Parade?


> If our emphasis is on colonization, conquest, and state formation, then
> tracing a line from the Jamestown settlement and its English founders
> through independence to the US today makes sense. If, instead, our
> emphasis is on *people* whose descendants are still among us, why not at
> least recognize those who were "here" (anywhere in the lower 48 or all 50
> states) first?
>
> D. Deal
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