Today, Sara Miller Llana writes about the earliest Canadian harvest traditions, which evolved into Thanksgiving. Melanie Stetson Freeman’s photos add a sumptuous touch. There is an Order of Good Cheer, beaver tails seared over a roaring hearth, and the hush of crickets going silent at the start of autumn.

But under it all is Tpi’tnewey. For the Mi’kmaq, an Indigenous people in eastern Canada, Tpi’tnewey is intertwined with the harvest season. It is the idea of giving generously, of doing good. This comes from an understanding of the interconnection of all peoples, Sara writes, and so beautifully points to the greater harvest that comes in any season when humility and unselfishness are in abundance.