---
title: "PEM Pals: Thanksgiving Stories"
date: 2026-08-07T11:00:00-04:00
author: Rachel Barglow
canonical_url: "https://www.pem.org/events/pem-pals-native-american-heritage-month-2"
section: Events
---
PEM Pals

# Thanksgiving Stories

 Friday, November 13, 2026 from 10:30—11:30 am

 

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 ![Book cover for Keepunumuk: weeachumun's thankgiving story by Danielle Greendeer Anthony Perry and Alexis Bunten](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/pem-org/general/Ev_PEMPalsThanksgivingStories_1600_Split-Hero.jpg) 

 

 

#### Know before you go

Location: Main Atrium  
Included with admission

This program includes moderately loud live music (acoustic guitar and singing).

 

Join us for a reading of *Keepunumuk: Weeȃchumun's Thanksgiving Story.* Written and illustrated by four Indigenous creators, this beautiful picture book honors the history and tradition that surround the story of the first Thanksgiving.

Discover the first Thanksgiving through Wampanoag eyes, as the Native Americans teach the Pilgrims to grow the three sisters — corn, beans, and squash — for a successful harvest.

This fall favorite is written by Danielle Greendeer (Mashpee Wampanoag), Anthony Perry (Chickasaw) and Alexis Bunten (Unangan/Yup’ik) and beautifully illustrated by Garry Meeches Sr. (Anishinaabe).

After the story, be sure to check out the works by past and present Native American artists on view in [*On This Ground: Being and Belonging in America*](https://www.pem.org/exhibitions/on-this-ground-being-and-belonging-in-america)*.*

Designed for children (5 and under) and their caregivers, PEM Pals aims to engage and excite all of the senses through books, movement, music, art and hands-on activities. Held on the first Friday of the month at 10:30 am.

 

 

 

 

#### About our collaborators

 ![Teresa Inés Coelho](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/pem-org/general/Ev_PEMPalsNativeAmericanHeritageMonth_Theresa_900_Presenter.jpg)

##### Teresa Inés Coelho

Teresa Inés Coelho has years of experience as a performing arts educator. She holds a Music Education Degree from the University of Rio de Janeiro, and is a graduate of the Berklee College of Music. Her passion lies in igniting a love for music in children and their families through music and movement classes using the research-based (and fun!) curriculum Music Together.®

 

 ![Dillian McGahey](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/pem-org/general/Ev_PEMPalsNativeAmericanHeritageMonth_900_Dillian_Presenter.jpg)

##### Dillian McGahey

Dillian McGahey is an illustrator and arts educator, whose own work tackles the complexities of being human through the lens of silly little creatures. He's been teaching at PEM since 2020, after completing two internships in the Art & Nature Center. Outside of the museum, he spends his time helping kids develop their own stories and artwork to turn into original books.

 

 

 

 

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