With Turkey (or Tofurky, for us vegans) Day just around the corner, we've got a Thanksgiving-themed smorgasbord of programming for you tonight on WXDU, with a look at the treaty between the Wampanoag Confederacy and British settlers, Native American indigenous foods, and a more recent Thanksgiving tradition: football.

Up first at 6:00: Every school child learns about the first Thanksgiving around this time of year, but the lesson usually includes depictions of Pilgrims and Native Americans feasting on turkey and other local foods as they cemented their new friendly bond, followed, of course, by a handprint-Turkey-making session. But the first Thanksgiving wasn't that simple, and neither was the treaty entered into by Massasoit, the leader of the Wampanoag Confederacy, and early British colonists in the 1600s. Although the treaty began a 40-year period of peace between the two groups, there's more to the story. In this episode of Peace Talks Radio called Massasoit's Peace Pact with the Pilgrims, we'll learn more from Native American scholars on what really happened, and what it meant.

Then at 7:00, in Giving Thanks--or Miigwetch, With Good Reason discusses food most of us won't find on our Thanksgiving tables: indigenous Native American fare. Host Sarah McConnell talks to the owner of a Native American restaurant featuring pre-contact cuisine and to two Native American scholars on native food traditions. This episode also examines fry-bread, a food developed out of necessity on reservations.

Finally, we'll have a special edition of WXDU Sports at 7:30. The show usually runs on the first and third Sundays of each month, but this week, Dave Mills has a recap of Duke's defeat at home last Thursday by UNC. Dave has an evocative post-mortem of the loss, seen by thousands on ESPN and thousands more in the packed Wallace Wade Stadium, including post-game quotes from some of the players and Coach Cutcliffe. And after Dave's report: You might have seen the viral videos circulating the Internet recently of the Ohio State Marching Band’s football halftime shows. Halftime shows have become quite the production, whether they include intricate formations created by university or high school band members or performances by famous music acts, like in certain major pro football events. But how did the phenomenon of the halftime show start? In Halftime, produced for ArtsEdge, the on-line education division of the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, we’ll hear more about this entertaining break in the gridiron action.