Thanksgiving - A Revisionist Narrative

The Ombudsgod - the treasure trove of historical obscurities that he is - has a post on the real "narrative" of Thanksgiving. That narrative includes the first effort at American self-government and the fact that the natives who befriended the settlers sought to use the settlers as a counter-weight against the Native American tribes that were oppressing them.

Or, if you wish, you can believe that the earliest settlers were gold-hungry dupes intent on enslaving anything that walked on two legs, ala Pocahantas.