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A plate full of golden brown potato pancakes are placed on a dining table. Behind them are bowls of sour cream, apple sauce, salt, and a menorah with three candles lit.

Smithsonian Center for Folklife & Cultural Heritage

Are You Team Apple Sauce or Sour Cream? A Smithsonian Staffer Shares Her Family's Latke Recipe

Horned lark chicks camouflaged in their nest on the ground in the Northern Great Plains

National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute

A Rare Look Inside the Nests of Declining Prairie Songbirds

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National Museum of American History

Bringing the Forgotten History of Black Firefighting to Life

A light blue and red tomopterid worm swimming in black water. A light blue credit line along the worm's end reads "Copyright 2012 K.J. Osborn, Smithsonian."

National Museum of Natural History

Explore Ocean Bioluminescence and More Free Natural History Programs This December

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Smithsonian Associates

Get Ready for the Holiday Season With These Virtual Programs

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Smithsonian Libraries and Archives

Tichkematse, a Great Favorite at the Smithsonian

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Smithsonian Science

Leftovers and Turkey Takeovers in This Week's Earth Optimism

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National Air and Space Museum

National Air and Space Museum to Temporarily Close March 2022 to Finish Brand New Galleries

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National Museum of American History

The Workers' Turkey

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National Museum of American History

Reviving Indigenous Food Cultures

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National Museum of American History

Does Thanksgiving Have Room for Both Thankfulness and Mourning?

National Museum of the American Indian

'If You Lived During the Plimoth Thanksgiving' by Chris Newell Exposes New Truths About a Major American Holiday

A pile of gourds spilling out of a tipped over container onto a brick floor with a bale of straw in the background.

National Museum of Natural History

Say Hello to the Scientist Harvesting Clues About Ancient Gourds and Maize

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Smithsonian Libraries and Archives

A Coffee Break With James Smithson

Theresa Secord (Penobscot, b. 1958). Ear of corn basket, 2003. Maine. 26/1694. By looking at Thanksgiving in the context of living cultures, we can make the holiday a more meaningful part of teaching and learning, in school and at home.

National Museum of the American Indian

Five Ideas to Change Teaching About Thanksgiving, in Classrooms and at Home

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Smithsonian Education

Equipping the Next Generation of Radical Optimists in an Era of Uncertainty

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Smithsonian Science

Bandicoots, Jaguars, and Half-Earth in This Week's Earth Optimism

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Smithsonian Libraries and Archives

Kitchen Essentials From Centuries Past

Two men with long hair, one older and one younger, perform with eyes closed on stage. They each hold a painted rattle, and the older man in the foreground also holds a microphone.

Smithsonian Center for Folklife & Cultural Heritage

A Kumeyaay Folktale Illuminates Why the Sun and Moon Shine at Different Times

A group of seven squashes and an ear of corn on grass littered with fallen leaves.

National Museum of Natural History

How Ancient Humans Helped Bring Pumpkins to Your Thanksgiving Table

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