Origin myth is a story told about the founding and history of a particular group in order to reinforce a sense of common identity (Guest pp. 157). It begins with ethnic identity where it is taught and reinforced with the use of an origin myth. Kenneth Guest uses the United States holidays as an example. Thanksgiving is known as a holiday where everyone share their values of freedom, exploration, individualism, and multiculturalism (Guest pp.158). Even though Thanksgiving has become a national holiday of giving and being grateful it was a day gained with the notion of colonially dominating the Indians that have already occupied the United States at the time. Settler colonialism is a kind of origin myth because of the idea of free land, when