Humbled and excited to have support from @NEH and @PSUHistory to write Sovereign Kin, an updated comprehensive history of the #CherokeeNation, with my colleague and friend @RoseStremlau.
Today: @NEHgov announces $31.5 million in new #NEHgrant awards to support 226 humanities projects nationwide.
Grants will support #humanities research, preservation of historic collections, summer programs for teachers, exhibitions, documentaries, & more. https://t.co/76lD74tmci
🆕: Archaeologists have discovered the largest known Native American cave art images. The massive artwork, found in Alabama, is over 1,000-years-old and may represent spirits of the underworld.
🧵 An #AntiquityThread (paper: https://t.co/BEfElkIz92) 1/
Seeing Red: Indigenous Land, American Expansion, and the Political Economy of Plunder in North America” by Michael John Witgen @MJWitgen, published by @OIEAHC-UNCP, is available now wherever ebooks and books are sold (order direct & take 40% off!).
https://t.co/76nJ9rv2AX
Sen Lee alluding to his hostility to protections for Indigenous lands under Antiquities Act, which he reminds us is aged—110 years old, but now reminds us the court sits at nine justices and has for 150 years—sacrosanct. Geezus. #SCOTUSConfirmation
Reason no. 2,578,000 why these mascots have to go. Disney should have had the good sense to shut this down before it ever happened. https://t.co/VBlRjB1kmm