{"id":8182,"date":"2012-11-22T08:00:46","date_gmt":"2012-11-22T13:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/?p=8182"},"modified":"2012-11-22T08:00:46","modified_gmt":"2012-11-22T13:00:46","slug":"all-things-thanksgiving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/2012\/11\/22\/all-things-thanksgiving\/","title":{"rendered":"All things Thanksgiving"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog-preprod\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/2012\/11\/2009NativeAmericanRev.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-8184 img-fluid\" title=\"2009NativeAmericanRev\" src=\"https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog-preprod\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/2012\/11\/2009NativeAmericanRev.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"592\" height=\"592\" srcset=\"https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/2012\/11\/2009NativeAmericanRev.jpg 849w, https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/2012\/11\/2009NativeAmericanRev-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/2012\/11\/2009NativeAmericanRev-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/2012\/11\/2009NativeAmericanRev-768x769.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 592px) 100vw, 592px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>By Nadine Lymn, ESA director of public affairs<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em>In honor of our national holiday, here\u2019s a look at some current and past blog posts on the subject.<\/p>\n<p>The Chicago Botanic Garden\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/my.chicagobotanic.org\/nature-in-view\/three-sisters-thanksgiving\/\">blog<\/a> earlier this week offered a reminder of the three Sisters\u2014the three crops grown together by the Iroquois: corn, beans and squash.\u00a0 According to the post, \u201cthe Iroquois called the Sisters \u201cDe-o-ha-ko,\u201d which translates to \u201clife support,\u201d not only because the plants rely on each other as they grow, but also because, eaten together, they provide a healthy, life-sustaining diet for humans.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Last Thanksgiving, <em>EcoTone<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/ecologist-2\/ecology-education\/bonding-with-wild-turkeys\/\">highlighted<\/a> the true-life tale of a naturalist who raised a rafter of sixteen wild turkeys, gaining a newfound understanding and deep appreciation for them in the process.<\/p>\n<p>A previous autumn, <a href=\"https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/research\/conservation\/talking-turkey-as-thanksgiving-approaches\/\">we wrote about<\/a> the history of the both the holiday and the turkey.\u00a0 Wild turkey populations in the United States had dipped to extremely low numbers by the early 1900s because of habitat loss and overhunting and it wasn\u2019t until the 1940s that a wild turkey reintroduction effort turned things around.\u00a0 That year\u2019s post also noted Benjamin Franklin\u2019s strong, favorable opinion of the wild turkey:<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2026.the Turkey is in Comparison [to the Bald Eagle] a much more respectable Bird, and withal a true original Native of America . . . He is besides, though a little vain &amp; silly, a Bird of Courage, and would not hesitate to attack a Grenadier of the British Guards who should presume to invade his Farm Yard with a red Coat on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>Photo: <\/em><em>Three Sisters as featured on the reverse of the 2009 Native American U.S. dollar coin. 2009 reverse by Norman E. Nemeth.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Nadine Lymn, ESA director of public affairs \u00a0In honor of our national holiday, here\u2019s a look at some current and past blog posts on the subject. 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