The Wampanoag Tribe
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Pilgrims celebrated thanksgiving because they wanted to celebrate the accomplishment of their colony and how they survived throughout the harsh year with the help of the Indians.
Wampanoag
The year was 1621. The Plymouth colonists had their autumn feast, which was the first Thanksgiving supper. The Indians in question were from the Wanpanoag tribe. This harvest feast was a celebration of the cooperation between the pilgrims and the tribe.
The first holiday that was celebrated by the colonist in America was Thanksgiving. It was first celebrated in 1621 after the first autumn harvest with the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag indians.
I'm assuming your referring to Thanksgiving of 1621 at Plymouth Colony, MA, rather Thanksgiving of 1619 at Berkley Hundreds, VA since the Virginia colonists fasted that day. The hit of the party at Plymouth were the seven deer the Wampanoag Indians brought. The menu was rounded out by; geese, turkeys, ducks and assorted game birds, eels, lobsters, clams and assorted fish, berries, squash, pumpkins and assorted fruit.