>http://zmagsite.zmag.org/Nov2006/munro1106.html
>http://www.counterpunch.org/cohen11272003.html
>http://www.nativecircle.com/mlmThanksgivingmyth.html
>http://www.beyondchron.org/news/index.php?itemid=3934

It is interesting, all great nations (used without irony) embellish their history to great a sense of destiny and purpose. The US is the most recent example, but England, France, Italy, Russia have all done the same things. It makes Canadian history very boring by comparison.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_exceptionalism