Meanwhile, in the New World, a manchild named Tisquantum was born to the Wampanoag Indians.

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All that friendly interchange that supposedly took place between the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag Native Americans in 1621, you think that really happened?

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As a result the first Governor, William Bradford, organized a celebratory feast inviting the Native Americans who had helped them, along with the Wampanoag Chief Massasoit.

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When the Pilgrims at Plymouth Colony gave thanks for a bountiful harvest nearly four centuries ago, they enjoyed the fruits of their labor with the Wampanoag tribe -- a people who had shared vital knowledge of the land in the difficult months before.

WHITEHOUSE: Presidential Proclamation -- Thanksgiving Day, 2012