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Phantom of the Archives (~*Christine*~)

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Phantom of the Archives (~*Christine*~) @archivewhisperer.bsky.social · Apr 4

Frustrated by a paywall? Don’t forget to use the url in archive.ph Also use ILL in your local library. Their webpage typically will have a form where you can request a book they don’t have, and sometimes they buy it to put into circulation.

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Phantom of the Archives (~*Christine*~) @archivewhisperer.bsky.social · 6h

Desolate sky, stars shine hope

#7syllablesentence #stars

Phantom of the Archives (~*Christine*~) @archivewhisperer.bsky.social · 10h

🧵 Book recommendations, Native American History (Boarding School history focused)

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Phantom of the Archives (~*Christine*~) @archivewhisperer.bsky.social · 11h

This will be a thread of books about Native American History that I recommend:

Starting with David Wallace Adams, "Education for Extinction" (2024 2nd ed). It's a classic!

Education for Extinction: American Indians and the Boarding School Experience, 1875–1928

Buy Education for Extinction: American Indians and the Boarding School Experience, 1875–1928: Read Kindle Store Reviews - Amazon.com

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Phantom of the Archives (~*Christine*~) @archivewhisperer.bsky.social · 10h

Pekka Hamalainen, "Indigenous Continent: The Epic Contest for North America," (2022).

Indigenous Continent: The Epic Contest for North America

Indigenous Continent: The Epic Contest for North America - Kindle edition by Hämäläinen, Pekka. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Indigenous Continent: The Epic Contest for North America.

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Phantom of the Archives (~*Christine*~) @archivewhisperer.bsky.social · 10h

Ned Blackhawk, "The Rediscovery of America," (2023).

The Rediscovery of America: Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. History (The Henry Roe Cloud Series on American Indians and Modernity)

The most enduring feature of U.S. history is the presence of Native Americans, yet most histories focus on Europeans and their descendants. This long practice of ignoring Indigenous history is changin...

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Phantom of the Archives (~*Christine*~) @archivewhisperer.bsky.social · 10h

Tsianina K. Lomawaima, "To Remain an Indian: Lessons in Democracy from a Century of Native American Education," (2006).

"To Remain an Indian": Lessons in Democracy from a Century of Native American Education (Multicultural Education Series)

Buy "To Remain an Indian": Lessons in Democracy from a Century of Native American Education (Multicultural Education Series): Read Kindle Store Reviews - Amazon.com

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Phantom of the Archives (~*Christine*~) @archivewhisperer.bsky.social · 10h

Farina King et al, "Returning Home," (2021).

Returning Home: Diné Creative Works from the Intermountain Indian School

Returning Home: Diné Creative Works from the Intermountain Indian School [King, Farina, Taylor, Michael P., Swensen, James R., Dodson, Robert, Dunn, Rena, Wride, Terence, Students of the Intermountain Indian School] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Returning Home: Diné Creative Works from the Intermountain Indian School

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Phantom of the Archives (~*Christine*~) @archivewhisperer.bsky.social · 10h

Amanda J. Cobb-Greetham, "Listening to Our Grandmothers' Stories," (2007).

Listening to Our Grandmothers' Stories: The Bloomfield Academy for Chickasaw Females, 1852-1949 (North American Indian Prose Award)

Listening to Our Grandmothers' Stories: The Bloomfield Academy for Chickasaw Females, 1852-1949 (North American Indian Prose Award) [Cobb-Greetham, Amanda J.] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Listening to Our Grandmothers' Stories: The Bloomfield Academy for Chickasaw Females, 1852-1949 (North American Indian Prose Award)

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Phantom of the Archives (~*Christine*~) @archivewhisperer.bsky.social · 11h

Jane Griffith, "Words Have a Past," (2019).

Words Have a Past: The English Language, Colonialism, and the Newspapers of Indian Boarding Schools

Amazon.com: Words Have a Past: The English Language, Colonialism, and the Newspapers of Indian Boarding Schools eBook : Griffith, Jane: Kindle Store

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Phantom of the Archives (~*Christine*~) @archivewhisperer.bsky.social · 11h

Tsianina K. Lomawaima, "They Called It Prairie Light," (1995).

They Called It Prairie Light: The Story of Chilocco Indian School (North American Indian Prose Award)

Buy They Called It Prairie Light: The Story of Chilocco Indian School (North American Indian Prose Award): Read Kindle Store Reviews - Amazon.com

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Phantom of the Archives (~*Christine*~) @archivewhisperer.bsky.social · 11h

Sarah Klotz, "Writing Their Bodies," 2021.

Writing Their Bodies: Restoring Rhetorical Relations at the Carlisle Indian School

Buy Writing Their Bodies: Restoring Rhetorical Relations at the Carlisle Indian School: Read Kindle Store Reviews - Amazon.com

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Phantom of the Archives (~*Christine*~) @archivewhisperer.bsky.social · 11h

Arnold Krupat, "Changed Forever," (2018).

Changed Forever: American Indian Boarding-School Literature (SUNY series, Native Traces)

Amazon.com: Changed Forever: American Indian Boarding-School Literature (SUNY series, Native Traces) eBook : Krupat, Arnold: Kindle Store

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Phantom of the Archives (~*Christine*~) @archivewhisperer.bsky.social · 11h

Brenda J. Child, "Boarding School Seasons," (2016).

Boarding School Seasons: American Indian Families, 1900-1940 (North American Indian Prose Award)

Buy Boarding School Seasons: American Indian Families, 1900-1940 (North American Indian Prose Award): Read Kindle Store Reviews - Amazon.com

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Phantom of the Archives (~*Christine*~) @archivewhisperer.bsky.social · 11h

This will be a thread of books about Native American History that I recommend:

Starting with David Wallace Adams, "Education for Extinction" (2024 2nd ed). It's a classic!

Education for Extinction: American Indians and the Boarding School Experience, 1875–1928

Buy Education for Extinction: American Indians and the Boarding School Experience, 1875–1928: Read Kindle Store Reviews - Amazon.com

www.amazon.com

Phantom of the Archives (~*Christine*~) @archivewhisperer.bsky.social · 11h

You're welcome! 🙌

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Phantom of the Archives (~*Christine*~) @archivewhisperer.bsky.social · 11h

Great read and super concise! Native American history is never boring! And far more interesting than what is usually covered in History courses.

See Curtis Edward's amazing early 20th c. photographs here:
www.loc.gov/pictures/sea...

For more, see LOC's Rare and Special Collections research guide:

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 14h

aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 17h

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

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Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @olivia.science · 23h

really nice piece on this btw from @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social sonjadrimmer.com/blog-1/2025/...

"The Printing Press Democratized Knowledge": When Slogans Masquerade as History — Sonja Drimmer

The phrase is said so frequently it seems, like the mechanism it celebrates, to mechanically replicate itself.  It's become a favorite catchphrase among tech boosters of any sort (see my post on...

sonjadrimmer.com

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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 20h

Pot of gold!

Rare Roman gold coin hoard uncovered near Didcot, Oxfordshire, by a metal detectorist in 1995. The pot contained 126 gold aurei, struck between AD 54-160. It would have taken a legionary soldier over ten years to earn this large sum!

Ashmolean Museum 📷 by me

#FindsFriday
#Archaeology

My photo shows a pile of shiny Roman gold coins below five fragments from a grey pot

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 18h

The random people who called into this C-SPAN session had better questions for Mike Johnson than most corporate media outlets

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

C-SPAN caller to Mike Johnson: "Hearing you say that 'everyone is smiling' in cities where troops have been rolled into feels dystopian and insane watching the response to it."

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eraldo.bsky.social @eraldo.bsky.social · 18h

oh.

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Citizen.Coping @propcazhpm.bsky.social · 16h

Spanish BlueSky spilled the tea on this lady as soon as the Nobel news dropped.

But she was endorsed by current U.S. regime leader earlier this year, that says it all.

alt-text: a tweet showing the Venezuelan politician that received Nobel Prize dedicating the award to the current US president

Debbie @deboraho.bsky.social · 17h

She sure did.

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Hegelian vs. Predator @telemark.bsky.social · 16h

I am An Old (mid 50s). My ENTIRE FUCKING LIFE I was promised a utopian existence where manual labor and drudgery were eliminated by technology so I could be free to read, write, draw, make music, or whatever. Instead the tech will do all that while I labor in the mines (Amazon Fulfillment Ctr).

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 1d

Reporting live from Chicago, there’s no “hellscape” I’d rather be in.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 19h

You say it like it's a bad thing.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20h

Thune: "If the Democrats had won the majority, they probably would've tried to nuke the filibuster. And then you'd have four new senators from Puerto Rico and DC, you'd have a packed Supreme Court, you'd have abortion on demand ... "

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Darin Self @darinself.com · 21h

No, seems weak.

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 22h

The Speaker of the House is telling the Fox News audience that a peaceful demonstration by Americans on the National Mall will actually be a gathering of organizations the administration has designated as violent terrorists.

Seems bad?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Mike Johnson: "We're so angry about it. I mean, I'm a very patient guy, but I've had it with these people. The theory we have right now -- they have a hate America rally that's scheduled for October 18 on the National Mall. It's the pro-Hamas wing and antifa people ... "

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