Tuesday November 10, 2009, 6:59 am

TAKE ACTION! BE THERE IF YOU CAN!

HERE ARE THE DETAILS:

40th National Day of Mourning
Nov. 26, 2009
12:00 noon
Coles Hill Plymouth, MA


United American Indians of New England
284 Amory St., Jamaica Plain, MA 02130
(617) 522-6626
E-mail: info@uaine.org
Website: http://www.uaine.org


ORIENTATION FOR 2009 NATIONAL DAY OF MOURNING

WHAT IS NATIONAL DAY OF MOURNING?
An annual tradition since 1970, Day of Mourning is a solemn, spiritual and highly political day. Many of us fast from sundown the day before through the afternoon of that day (and have a social after Day of Mourning so that participants in DOM can break their fasts). We are mourning our ancestors and the genocide of our peoples and the theft of our lands. NDOM is a day when we mourn, but we also feel our strength in political action. Over the years, participants in Day of Mourning have buried Plymouth Rock a number of times, boarded the Mayflower replica, and placed ku klux klan sheets on the statue of William Bradford, etc.

WHEN AND WHERE IS DAY OF MOURNING?
Thursday, November 26, 2009 (U.S. "thanksgiving" day) at Cole's Hill, Plymouth, Massachusetts, 12 noon SHARP. Cole's Hill is the hill above Plymouth Rock in the Plymouth historic waterfront area.

WILL THERE BE A MARCH?
There will be a march through the historic district of Plymouth. Plymouth has agreed, as part of the settlement of 10/19/98, that UAINE may march on Day of Mourning without the need for a permit as long as we give the town advance notice.

PROGRAM
Although we very much welcome our non-Native supporters to stand with us, it is a day when only Native people speak about our history and the struggles that are taking place throughout the Americas. Speakers will be by invitation only. This year's NDOM is once again dedicated to our brother Leonard Peltier.

SOCIAL
We hope there will be a pot-luck social held after the National Day of Mourning speak-out and march this year. Please check back to the website to confirm. We anticipate that the hall may not be large enough to seat everyone at once. We may have to do two seatings. Preference for the first seating will be given to Elders, young children and their mother/caretaker, pregnant women, Disabled people, and people who have traveled a long distance to join National Day of Mourning. Please respect our culture and our wish to ensure that these guests will be the first to be able to sit and eat. With this understanding in mind, please bring non-alcoholic beverages, desserts, fresh fruit & vegetables, and pre-cooked items (turkeys, hams, stuffing, vegetables, casseroles, rice & beans, etc.) that can be easily re-warmed at the social hall prior to the social. Thank you.

TRANSPORTATION
Limited carpool transportation may be available from Boston. Contact the Boston International Action Center at (617) 522-6626. There is transportation from New York City via the International Action Center, for more information call 212-633-6646.

Directions: National Day of Mourning is held by the statue of Massasoit at Cole's Hill. Cole's Hill is the hill rising above Plymouth Rock on the Plymouth waterfront. If you need directions, use Water Street and Leyden Street in Plymouth, MA as your destination at mapquest.com. That will bring you to within a few hundred feet of Plymouth Rock and Cole's Hill. You can probably find a place to park down on Water Street.

Tuesday November 10, 2009, 7:18 am

Thanks for posting this, Kat!

I, personally, fast on Thanksgiving and find the holiday to be offensive. (After all, why should Native Americans rejoice in the fact that they helped their future murderers to survive?)

Tuesday November 10, 2009, 9:30 am
I would fast if I would live in the USA.. .. however... many people in the western world don't know what this is all about . I learned about that only a couple of years ago. ......... but I will light a candle.. .....

Tuesday November 10, 2009, 10:06 am
Noted and I will light a candle.

Tuesday November 10, 2009, 10:27 am
I do not like Thanksgiving anymore for many reasons , and for all the deaths and torture of innocent animals over another human celebration now I have one more reason to mourn. Thanks Kat

Tuesday November 10, 2009, 11:52 am
My thoughts will be with you dear friend on this National Day of Mourning.. I will pray for all who attend and those who can not be there but will be there in Spirit.. Thank you Kat with heartfelt love , Dolores / Blu

Tuesday November 10, 2009, 12:29 pm
Thanks Kat and others here who in one way or another observe The National Day of Mourning. This will be considered my 'sensitivity' training for today and I thank you for making me aware.

Tuesday November 10, 2009, 2:09 pm
Thanks Kat!

Tuesday November 10, 2009, 3:41 pm
I was there in 06, 08, and will be in 09. Before that I was there from 71 to 84. After that it got hard to take the children out into what can be rather cold days in New England, then I moved to Florida.
I hope that others will join me there that live within reason to get there. To me being at Plymouth IS my tradition.

Wednesday November 11, 2009, 4:37 am
Noted, thank you Kat!

Nick

Friday November 13, 2009, 12:07 pm
And we should all light candles.
Thank you Kat.

Friday November 13, 2009, 7:36 pm
We will remember.Thanks Kat.