Indigenous people and their supporters continue to observe "Thanksgiving" as a mournful holiday that represents the destruction of native peoples' lives and cultures, as well as a day of coming together as a community. The 32nd annual American Indian Day of Thanksgiving Sunrise Gathering on Alcatraz Island took place on Thursday, November 24th. People arrived well before 5:00am to purchase tickets for the ferry to the island. KPFA provided radio coverage during the event.

A free, public pot-luck feast took place from 11:00am to 5:00 pm at the Oakland Inter-Tribal Friendship House at 523 International Boulevard in Oakland. This event included music, special guest speakers and more.

The annual Food Not Bombs Give Thanks Vegetarian Potluck Feast took place at Ashkenaz in Berkeley, beginning at 6:00pm. Riot Folk performed, and any proceeds from the event were donated to the Doe Family, people who were injured while they were performing jail solidarity following their arrests at the 2004 Reclaim the Commons convergence in San Francisco.

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