"The concept of setting aside one day for giving thanks doesn’t fit. We [the Ho-Chunk Nation] think of every day as Thanksgiving." --Anne Thundercloud of the Ho-Chunk Nation
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- Jeff White
- Erie, CO, United States
- Parent and LGBTQ+ ally. To decry evil is far from doing good. "When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced. Live your life so that when you die, the world cries and you rejoice." Cherokee proverb "Live your life so that your children can tell their children that you not only stood for something wonderful - you acted on it." Dan Zandra
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