On a warm, sun\u00adny Octo\u00adber day, native and non native peo\u00adple of all ages came togeth\u00ader for tra\u00addi\u00adtion\u00adal danc\u00ading with music pro\u00advid\u00aded by the Yootay Host Drum, from the Mashen\u00adtu\u00adquet Pequot Trib\u00adal Nation. Some par\u00adtic\u00adi\u00adpants wore tra\u00addi\u00adtion\u00adal regalia while singing out\u00adside of the St. James Chap\u00adple in Charlestown, Rhode Island. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Tomaquag Muse\u00adum<\/a> orga\u00adnized a Cran\u00adber\u00adry Thanks\u00adgiv\u00ading cel\u00ade\u00adbra\u00adtion with tribes from all over the north\u00adeast\u00adern region in atten\u00addance on Oct. 4, 2025. The cel\u00ade\u00adbra\u00adtion hap\u00adpens in accor\u00addance with the Har\u00advest Moon<\/a> with\u00adin the 13 moons or thanks\u00adgiv\u00adings.<\/a> The thanks\u00adgiv\u00ading event is part of a year\u2019s worth <\/a>of giv\u00ading thanks cel\u00ade\u00adbrat\u00aded by tribes like the Nar\u00adra\u00adgansett, Mash\u00adpee Wampanoag, Mashan\u00adtuck\u00adet Pequot, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The thanks\u00adgiv\u00ading is meant to cel\u00ade\u00adbrate that \u201call the things that have been grown are get\u00adting ready to be har\u00advest\u00aded and dried and stored for the win\u00adter to come,\u201d accord\u00ading to Chrys\u00adtal Mars Bak\u00ader, the edu\u00adca\u00adtion man\u00adag\u00ader at the Tomaquag Muse\u00adum and a Narragansett\/Niantic Trib\u00adal cit\u00adi\u00adzen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Click on an image to view larg\u00ader.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n![](\"http:\/\/digitaljournalism.uconn.edu\/indigenous-culture-preservation\/files\/2025\/12\/IMG_8466-1024x683.jpg\")