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Learning about the pilgrims and Native Americans is a part of our country's history. When a child makes a pilgrim hat, it's not celebrating the actions of the pilgrims. It's educating the children in an age-appropriate way. I have Native American roots, and I talk to my children, ages 6 and 4, about what happened to the Native Americans when "the pilgrims" came to the America. Revisionist history is a dangerous thing. I'm sure I'm going to get a lot of hateful comments for posting this, but the old adage is true: Those who forget the past are doomed to repeat it. Our history -- any history -- is rife with abuses of power against other people. But I would no more fail to teach my children about the pilgrims than I would prevent them from learing about George Washington because he was a slaveholder. It's about taking the good with the bad, and learning from it so the bad never happens again.