Max Perry Mueller
@maxperrymueller.bsky.social
Professor of history and religious studies. Author of “Wakara’s America: The Life and Legacy of a Native Founder of the American West” (Basic Books, fall 2025). https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/max-perry-mueller/wakaras-america/9781541602595/
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Wakara's America: The Life and Legacy of a Native Founder of the American West
Wakara's America: The Life and Legacy of a Native Founder of the American West [Mueller, Max Perry] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Wakara's America: The Life and Legacy of a Native Founder of the American West
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Forgive the selfishness of my birthday wish, I’d ask you to consider buying “Wakara’s America” and giving the book a review on Amazon or Goodreads. (Makes a great holiday gift!!!) (p.s. proceeds I make from the book go to Ute and Paiute higher ed scholarship funds).
www.amazon.com/Wakaras-Amer...
www.amazon.com/Wakaras-Amer...
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Thanksgiving was made an American holiday in the 19th century, but the 17th century history on which much mythologizing rests is awfully important. Reminded of impt work for 2020 & the 400th anniversary of the Mayflower, inc terrific special issue of Early American Literature w this great essay. 1/
November 27, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Thanksgiving was made an American holiday in the 19th century, but the 17th century history on which much mythologizing rests is awfully important. Reminded of impt work for 2020 & the 400th anniversary of the Mayflower, inc terrific special issue of Early American Literature w this great essay. 1/
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This will be an apropos Thanksgiving weekend read, especially here in Wakara’s territory.
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November 26, 2025 at 4:11 PM
This will be an apropos Thanksgiving weekend read, especially here in Wakara’s territory.
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Currently taking place in St. Paul.
November 25, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Currently taking place in St. Paul.
Recap of @harvardbookstore.bsky.social event.
Couldn't have gone better. Overflow crowd. Lots of books sold. Great conversation with Phil Deloria and the audience.
Couldn't have gone better. Overflow crowd. Lots of books sold. Great conversation with Phil Deloria and the audience.
November 25, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Recap of @harvardbookstore.bsky.social event.
Couldn't have gone better. Overflow crowd. Lots of books sold. Great conversation with Phil Deloria and the audience.
Couldn't have gone better. Overflow crowd. Lots of books sold. Great conversation with Phil Deloria and the audience.
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Phil Deloria and @maxperrymueller.bsky.social in conversation was the perfect treat to round up #aarsbl
November 25, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Phil Deloria and @maxperrymueller.bsky.social in conversation was the perfect treat to round up #aarsbl
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📆 Mon. 11/24 @ 7PM: We are excited to welcome award-winning Max Perry Mueller for a discussion of his new book "Wakara's America: The Life and Legacy of a Native Founder of the American West". He will be joined in conversation by Professor Philip J. Deloria. Learn more here: buff.ly/WJWCou4
November 23, 2025 at 3:01 PM
📆 Mon. 11/24 @ 7PM: We are excited to welcome award-winning Max Perry Mueller for a discussion of his new book "Wakara's America: The Life and Legacy of a Native Founder of the American West". He will be joined in conversation by Professor Philip J. Deloria. Learn more here: buff.ly/WJWCou4
Wakara’s America @harvardbookstore.bsky.social. See you tonight? www.harvard.com/event/max-pe...
November 24, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Wakara’s America @harvardbookstore.bsky.social. See you tonight? www.harvard.com/event/max-pe...
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Tis the season for... Academic rejections.
Here are some thoughts, which might be helpful, for my fellow suffering scholars!
Here are some thoughts, which might be helpful, for my fellow suffering scholars!
How to deal positively with rejection in academe (opinion)
If rejection is something that we all face in academe -- some of which can make us better scholars, some of which just makes us needlessly hurt -- we should become more proactive than reactive, Max Pe...
www.insidehighered.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Tis the season for... Academic rejections.
Here are some thoughts, which might be helpful, for my fellow suffering scholars!
Here are some thoughts, which might be helpful, for my fellow suffering scholars!
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“And I just say, ‘You know, it’s hard for me to care about Riley Gaines tying for fifth when my swim coach is accused of raping my teammates.”
An incident in a locker room has always been key to Riley Gaines’ anti-trans fame.
But @msjpauly.bsky.social spoke to swimmers who were present at the same 2022 meet. They shared a very different narrative.
But @msjpauly.bsky.social spoke to swimmers who were present at the same 2022 meet. They shared a very different narrative.
How right-wing superstar Riley Gaines built an anti-trans empire
The swimmer tied a trans woman for fifth. The MAGA industrial complex took care of the rest.
www.motherjones.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:41 PM
“And I just say, ‘You know, it’s hard for me to care about Riley Gaines tying for fifth when my swim coach is accused of raping my teammates.”
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ICE is enabling airplane mode on phones, making it harder to track loved ones.
November 20, 2025 at 2:48 AM
ICE is enabling airplane mode on phones, making it harder to track loved ones.
It's probably 1000 on the priority list of fantastic things the Trump regime has destroyed, but the NEH was the gold standard, and the best funder, of under-funded humanities projects. I couldn't have written Wakara's America without my NEH.
Historian here a great piece by Jenny Schuessler on the gutting of the NEH. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/a...
Fired Scholars and Big Grants to Favored Projects: Inside Trump’s N.E.H.
www.nytimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 10:16 PM
It's probably 1000 on the priority list of fantastic things the Trump regime has destroyed, but the NEH was the gold standard, and the best funder, of under-funded humanities projects. I couldn't have written Wakara's America without my NEH.
Wakara's America at Harvard Bookstore is the featured local book next week in the @bostonglobe.com!
[Monday, Nov. 24, @7pm at the @harvardbookstore.bsky.social]
[Monday, Nov. 24, @7pm at the @harvardbookstore.bsky.social]
The best local book events this week - The Boston Globe
Boston-area author events from Nov. 16 to Nov. 22.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 19, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Wakara's America at Harvard Bookstore is the featured local book next week in the @bostonglobe.com!
[Monday, Nov. 24, @7pm at the @harvardbookstore.bsky.social]
[Monday, Nov. 24, @7pm at the @harvardbookstore.bsky.social]
Forgive the selfishness of my birthday wish, I’d ask you to consider buying “Wakara’s America” and giving the book a review on Amazon or Goodreads. (Makes a great holiday gift!!!) (p.s. proceeds I make from the book go to Ute and Paiute higher ed scholarship funds).
www.amazon.com/Wakaras-Amer...
www.amazon.com/Wakaras-Amer...
Wakara's America: The Life and Legacy of a Native Founder of the American West
Wakara's America: The Life and Legacy of a Native Founder of the American West [Mueller, Max Perry] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Wakara's America: The Life and Legacy of a Native Founder of the American West
www.amazon.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Forgive the selfishness of my birthday wish, I’d ask you to consider buying “Wakara’s America” and giving the book a review on Amazon or Goodreads. (Makes a great holiday gift!!!) (p.s. proceeds I make from the book go to Ute and Paiute higher ed scholarship funds).
www.amazon.com/Wakaras-Amer...
www.amazon.com/Wakaras-Amer...
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“Methane emissions across the supply chain are a key indicator of poor environmental and operational practices in the fossil fuel industry. Reducing [them] in the energy sector is the most effective and rapid way to cut greenhouse gases in the short term.”
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Can methane cuts pull us back from the brink of climate breakdown?
With temperatures breaching the Paris limit, experts say tackling the powerful gas could buy crucial time as the clean-energy shift stalls
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:04 PM
“Methane emissions across the supply chain are a key indicator of poor environmental and operational practices in the fossil fuel industry. Reducing [them] in the energy sector is the most effective and rapid way to cut greenhouse gases in the short term.”
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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mr president sir theres a story coming about how you intervened to help a sex criminal. no sir, not that sex criminal you helped….no not that one either…sir, please stop guessing sex criminals that you helped. ill give you a hint sir, hes a trafficker. no sir, not that trafficker a different one
NEW: When Andrew Tate landed in the US, Customs & Border Protection seized his electronic devices. But @propublica.org found that a White House official told DHS to return the devices, emphasizing that the request came from the White House.
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation
Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.
www.propublica.org
November 18, 2025 at 1:10 PM
mr president sir theres a story coming about how you intervened to help a sex criminal. no sir, not that sex criminal you helped….no not that one either…sir, please stop guessing sex criminals that you helped. ill give you a hint sir, hes a trafficker. no sir, not that trafficker a different one
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Congratulations to Professor Samuel L. Perry, winner of the SSSR’s 2025 Distinguished Book Award for 'Religion for Realists: Why We All Need the Scientific Study of Religion,' published by Oxford University Press.
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November 18, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Congratulations to Professor Samuel L. Perry, winner of the SSSR’s 2025 Distinguished Book Award for 'Religion for Realists: Why We All Need the Scientific Study of Religion,' published by Oxford University Press.
@oupacademic.bsky.social @uofoklahoma.bsky.social
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@oupacademic.bsky.social @uofoklahoma.bsky.social
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KERNEN: If we're reversing some tariffs to try to help affordability, isn't that acknowledging that tariffs were responsible for some of the higher prices and inflation?
HASSETT: This is nothing new
HASSETT: This is nothing new
November 17, 2025 at 1:29 PM
KERNEN: If we're reversing some tariffs to try to help affordability, isn't that acknowledging that tariffs were responsible for some of the higher prices and inflation?
HASSETT: This is nothing new
HASSETT: This is nothing new
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He knows they have the votes to filibuster in the Senate.
Or they have successfully destroyed everything showing he knew all about what Epstein was doing.
Or they have successfully destroyed everything showing he knew all about what Epstein was doing.
November 17, 2025 at 3:45 AM
He knows they have the votes to filibuster in the Senate.
Or they have successfully destroyed everything showing he knew all about what Epstein was doing.
Or they have successfully destroyed everything showing he knew all about what Epstein was doing.
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The Honduran-born Charlotte resident filed a police report after the officers let him go.
Racial profiling, no warrant, no due process; but what else can one expect from a regime committing extrajudicial murder on the high seas?
Trump's gotta go.
Racial profiling, no warrant, no due process; but what else can one expect from a regime committing extrajudicial murder on the high seas?
Trump's gotta go.
November 16, 2025 at 9:48 AM
The Honduran-born Charlotte resident filed a police report after the officers let him go.
Racial profiling, no warrant, no due process; but what else can one expect from a regime committing extrajudicial murder on the high seas?
Trump's gotta go.
Racial profiling, no warrant, no due process; but what else can one expect from a regime committing extrajudicial murder on the high seas?
Trump's gotta go.
MUST READ as we enter the crazy revisionism that will be 2026.
As a historian of the 18th c and an American, I've always known 2026 would be a critical moment. This doc is worth watching, and thinking through. Begins and ends w Indigenous contexts, conveys the horrors of a civil war wrought w racism + the ideals of liberty and equality we keep reaching for. 1/
_The American Revolution_ offers a look at how complex and violent — and also inspiring— the American founding was. Getting huge coverage, it may give folks time to digest that complexity as 2026 commences. Premieres tonight + PBS has preview clips of all episodes. www.pbs.org/show/the-ame...
November 16, 2025 at 6:44 PM
MUST READ as we enter the crazy revisionism that will be 2026.
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This is what the Trump regime thinks of faith members who don’t align with their own Trump-worshipping ideology.
Certainly the most anti-faith presidential administration of my lifetime.
Certainly the most anti-faith presidential administration of my lifetime.
Also in here: DHS responded to the faith-led protest yesterday, calling participants “violent rioters” and “imbecilic morons” who need to “get a job.”
Asked about the statement, one UMC pastor who participated in the protest told me: "This is our job." religionnews.com/2025/11/15/a...
Asked about the statement, one UMC pastor who participated in the protest told me: "This is our job." religionnews.com/2025/11/15/a...
November 15, 2025 at 8:02 PM
This is what the Trump regime thinks of faith members who don’t align with their own Trump-worshipping ideology.
Certainly the most anti-faith presidential administration of my lifetime.
Certainly the most anti-faith presidential administration of my lifetime.