Daniel Strausman

11/14/17

Art and Activism

Thanksgiving Address

• America makes all kids in elementary and pre-school recite the Pledge of Allegiance.
• In Onondaga National School they recite the Thanksgiving address.
• Gratitude is the for front of the Thanksgiving address.
• Reminds you, you have enough
• Thanking the natural world
• Gratitude in a consumer society is revolutionary.
• doesn't send you shopping for satisfaction
• Teaches leader ship.
• Eagles are leaders of birds
• Berries leaders of fruit
• Teaches that humans aren't in charge of the world.
• Pledge of Allegiance teaches cynicism and hypocrisy
• Thanksgiving address serves the Haudenosaunee people
• Teaching respect and diplomacy
• How the world was meant to be
• Its natural condition
• The Address can be spoken many ways
• Universal
• Low murmurs and songs
• Duties and gifts are to sides of the same coin
• These words are a gift to the people
• People everywhere should give thanks
• Imagine a world where we do so