Pumpkins are indigenous to the Americas, domesticated by Indigenous peoples as early as 10,000 BCE. Northeastern tribes like the Wampanoag were expert cultivators, preparing pumpkins by roasting, boiling, or drying them into nutritious flour for storage. Colonists, often struggling to survive, learned these vital techniques through shared resources and knowledge. The myth that pumpkin pie was served at the 1621 feast is false; early colonial dishes were savory stews cooked inside the pumpkin its

Across ancient mythologies, the same story repeats...knowledge came from elsewhere. The Egyptians credited their gods, the Sumerians their Anunnaki, the peoples of the Americas their sky-born teachers. Geometry, agriculture, astronomy-- all said to have arrived from outsiders. The root names persist across cultures, echoing a memory older than history itself. Myths may veil the truth, but their consistency suggests real events behind the stories. | The Randall Carlson