"Each year at Thanksgiving, many Americans celebrate food, family and the history of the United States. But for Indigenous people their land and sacred places continue to be threatened by American colonization. In this Thanksgiving documentary, George Lavender takes us to Lake County, California, and the site of an ongoing campaign to protect Rattlesnake Island. It’s a place sacred to the Elem Tribe and a current struggle in 500 years of Indigenous resistance."

Get the Story:
For Thanksgiving: The Struggle for Rattlesnake Island (Free Speech Radio News 11/28)

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