Squanto’s life was brief and eventful. Born near the end of the 16th century, he grew up in the coastal New England village of Patuxet, which the Pilgrims settled and renamed Plymouth.

This was Squanto, a man who occupies a special place in the hearts of many people who celebrate Thanksgiving because of his willingness and ability to help the newcomers to his land. Squanto’s ...

Native American history, a subject honored this month, has been revised and distorted for centuries. The story of Squanto, the Pilgrims and the first Thanksgiving is a prime example. Lipman’s ...

So the Wampanoag, largely with the help of interpretation by Tisquantum, also known as "Squanto," taught the Pilgrims to plant beans and squash with maize around it, using fish remains as fertilizer.

Squanto, in exemplifying forgiveness and charity, helped bring to the New World, and to the Pilgrims, the virtue of love at the heart of Christianity. A Service of EWTN News, Inc.

So the Wampanoag, largely with the help of interpretation by Tisquantum, also known as "Squanto," taught the Pilgrims to plant beans and squash with maize around it, using fish remains as fertilizer.

The pilgrims were aided by a couple of Indigenous men who remarkably knew how to speak English, including a man named Squanto. His acquired tongue was not a miracle, but a byproduct of tragedy.

If the name Squanto doesn’t ring a bell, ask an 8-year-old. The story of the Native American who helped the Pilgrims survive their first desperate year in what is now Plymouth, Mass., has become ...

Traditional "first Thanksgiving" stories taught in schools tend to erase the true history, and the Native American perspective.

The traditional "first Thanksgiving" story taught in American schools tends to erase the true history between the Wampanoag tribe and the Pilgrims.