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Thanksgiving Celebrates Indigenous Culture and Queer Contributions
11/28/2025
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Story summary
- Thanksgiving highlights Indigenous contributions, including queer and two-spirit individuals shaping culture today.
- Lily Gladstone, Oscar-nominated actor, represents Indigenous presence in film.
- Devery Jacobs, known for her role in Reservation Dogs, is highlighted.
- Sean Snyder and Adrian Stevens, activists, and Congresswoman Sharice Davids (D-Kan.), the first out LGBTQ+ Native American in Congress, illustrate community's influence.
- Jewelle Gomez, poet, and Scott Wabano, fashion designer, illustrate the Indigenous legacy in arts and culture.
