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Robbie

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Oinpegitjoig Mi'gmaw. Wrote The Savage and Modern Self: North American Indians in 18th-Century British Literature and Culture. Next book on Indigenous material culture in the 18thc. Teach 18th-century lit and Indigenous Studies at Princeton.

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Robbie @londonmikmaq.bsky.social · Dec 19

Guess I haven’t done this yet: I do 18th-century lit and Indigenous studies, lately museums, collecting, and Indigenous art and aesthetic expression. First book on Native people in 18thC British lit, next book on reading Indigenous material culture in the 18thC. utorontopress.com/978148750344...

University of Toronto Press - The Savage and Modern Self

The Savage and Modern Self examines the representations of North American "Indians" in novels, poetry, plays, and material culture from eighteenth-century Br...

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Andrea Reyes E (she/her) @altibel.bsky.social · 1d

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Robbie @londonmikmaq.bsky.social · 1d

I’m speaking at Fordham University at 6pm on Thursday for people in NYC! Lincoln Center campus, the talk will be on Indigenous tobacco epistemologies and poetics in the long 18th century.

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Robbie @londonmikmaq.bsky.social · 1d

I’m speaking at Fordham University at 6pm on Thursday for people in NYC! Lincoln Center campus, the talk will be on Indigenous tobacco epistemologies and poetics in the long 18th century.

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Robbie @londonmikmaq.bsky.social · 1d

It will in part use the Mi’kmaw concept of Netukulimk, or the responsible gathering of sustenance for oneself and one’s community, to explore the topic

Robbie @londonmikmaq.bsky.social · 1d

I’m speaking at Fordham University at 6pm on Thursday for people in NYC! Lincoln Center campus, the talk will be on Indigenous tobacco epistemologies and poetics in the long 18th century.

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The People's Fabric @peoplesfabric.com · 4d

In the past 4 weeks in Chicago, ICE/CBP have snatched hundreds of people off the streets & homes, shot & killed a single-father in his car, smashed & abandoned countless cars, and deployed chemical munitions at protesters, journalists, & now on public streets. Today they cuffed an alderperson.

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Robbie @londonmikmaq.bsky.social · 5d

This is the second edition, but like the first it was published by Cusick in Tuscarora territory.

Robbie @londonmikmaq.bsky.social · 5d

It’s pretty widely available online but am unsure if there is a recent print edition. Here is one place:

digitalcommons.unl.edu

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Robbie @londonmikmaq.bsky.social · 5d

There were other accounts I’m aware of, but as letter and journals, and not self-published like this. Cusick also did all the amazing illustrations.

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APTN News @aptnnews.bsky.social · 5d

While the Nova Scotia government works to pass its controversial law that would make it illegal to block forest roads in the province, Mi’kmaw land protectors say they’re not going anywhere.

Mi’kmaw land protectors vow to hold their ground in face of new law

Mi'kmaw land protectors in Cape Breton say they're not going anywhere even if Nova Scotia passes law controversial law.

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Robbie @londonmikmaq.bsky.social · 5d

The first English language account of traditional Native stories written by a Native author, by David Cusick, a Tuscarora.

The title page from an old book dated 1828

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Zeteo @zeteo.com · 6d

“Where in the world is this allowed to happen?”

From on the ground in Gaza, UNICEF Spokesman James Elder tells @mehdirhasan.bsky.social about the worst things he’s seen — including children targeted by quadcopters and shot at American aid sites.

Watch: zeteo.com/p/unicef-gaz...

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 6d

BREAKING: Israel has begun intercepting the Global Sumud Flotilla, which is carrying 500 people from around the world seeking to bring aid to Palestinians starved by Israel's siege.

The crew includes 24 Americans, EU Members of Parliament, Nelson Mandela’s grandson, and Greta Thunberg.

BREAKING: Israel Begins Intercepting 44-Ship Global Sumud Flotilla

The massive flotilla, which Italian and Spanish ships shadowed until it approached Gaza, is the fourth one attacked in the last year.

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Robbie @londonmikmaq.bsky.social · 6d

A portfolio or envelope case made of birchbark and dyed porcupine quills by a talented Mi’kmaw artist around c.1910 and featuring the traditional 8-pointed star— I love this object. Relatedly, it‘s Mi’kmaq Treaty Day!

A portfolio case with an ornate design made of porcupine quills, including the traditional Mi’kmaw star design.

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Anna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 6d

happy 90th birthday @davidharvey.org! been learning from you for as long as I can remember. grateful for these commemorative essays!

www.versobooks.com/blogs/news/h...

Harvey at 90: A Verso Series

Last year, we celebrated Fredric Jameson's ninetieth birthday with a month long series commemorating his impact on literary criticism, critical theory and philosophy. This month, in honour of David H...

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Robbie @londonmikmaq.bsky.social · 6d

I’m so curious about what documents this might have once contained.

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Robbie @londonmikmaq.bsky.social · 9d

Finally got my copy in the mail!

A picture of the book Habsburg Encounters with Native America

A book chapter titled the Kunstkammer as Contact Zone

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 7d

Amnesty International sent a letter this morning calling on FIFA and UEFA to suspend Israel from football competitions.

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1 October 2025
Global: Amnesty International calls on FIFA and UEFA to suspend Israeli Football Association
Amnesty International has sent a letter to FIFA and UEFA calling on them to suspend the Israeli Football Association (IFA) from their tournaments until it excludes clubs based in illegal settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) from continuing to play in Israel’s football leagues.

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APTN News @aptnnews.bsky.social · 7d

According to Indigenous Watchdog, work on 16 calls to action hasn’t started, 22 have stalled, 42 are in progress and 14 are complete.

Are the TRC calls to action be answered?

A not-for-profit organization that is keeping track of how governments across the country are responding to report by the TRC.

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 8d

I fully understand how difficult it is to remain focused on any one particular atrocity but this really ought to be a serious scandal and people need to pay heavy prices for this