Thanksgiving is often seen as America’s story of gratitude. Families gather to share food, watch parades, and reflect on what they have. But Black Cloud Rises Thanksgiving invites us to look deeper. It asks what happens when celebration meets remembrance and when gratitude expands to include truth.

For many Native Americans, Thanksgiving is not just a celebration. It is a day of mourning, a time to remember ancestors, survival, and the deep losses that still echo through generations. Blac...