Alaina E Roberts, Ph.D.
@allthewhile1
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Professor, Historian, and #BlackIndian . I study Black-Native intersections in Indian Territory/Oklahoma & I wrote “I've Been Here All the While"
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For
@TIME
, I wrote about my realization that my family’s land ownership meant the dispossession of the Native people who had enslaved them. I tried to make it succinct enough to use in a classroom setting, to discuss the intersection of Black and Native history in the West.
Alaina E. Roberts (
@allthewhile1
): "My ancestors were enslaved—but their freedom came at a price for others"
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I hope
@jordanpeele
isn’t aware his camp told academics (incl. me) they couldn’t compensate us for prep or travel time for this bcus it'd make the info we presented “biased.” That's actually not how disseminating academic knowledge works. So I said no.
Jordan Peele Making a Black Cowboy Series That Pledges to Rewrite Wild West History
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Glad the Black West is continuing to get attention, but our knowledge & time has value. Anyway,
@CuriosityStream
's The Real Wild West paid their contributors & covers Black cowboys, cool Native history, and more!
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While Trump’s administration was defaming the 1619 Project, the Cherokee Nation was formulating a plan to tell the story of the Black & mixed-race people its tribal members enslaved. Observe reconciliation in progress. Other nations (Native & otherwise) should follow suit.
Cherokee Nation announces new plan to explore the history of Cherokee Freedmen
@CherokeeNation
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#OTD
in 1866 the Chickasaw and Choctaw Nations agreed to stop holding my ancestors, and others like them, as slaves. A treaty with the U.S--not the Emancipation Proclamation or the 13th Amendment--freed them. This is a different emancipation story. But one that is still important
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I didn’t win last night at the LA Times Book Awards, but I did get to spend several lovely hours with Mia Bay,
@Adita_Ferrer
(the well-deserved winner!) &
@marthasjones_
(behind the 📷). And I got to be part of the first all-female, all women of color history finalist slate!
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As someone who wasn't always sure they'd even make it through graduate school, this recognition of my book by my
@WhaHistory
colleagues means so, so much. Thank you for really seeing the story I was trying to tell and valuing the experiences of the women & men I study.
#WHA2022
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@Jeff__Ostler
That Black cowboys are awesome and understudied? It made zero sense and is the lamest excuse I've heard thus far for being cheap.
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IT'S PUB DAY!: Black freedom & 40 acres at the cost of Native dispossession; Native nations prospering after Removal at the cost of slavery & portraying other Indians as uncivilized; the broader history behind the
#TulsaMassacre
. It's all in
#allthewhile
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My book, "I’ve Been Here All the While: Black Freedom on Native Land," is a finalist for the
@LATimes
Book Prize in history! Even if I wasn’t a born and bred Californian, this would be the ultimate nod--but that does make it that much sweeter. I’ll also be at the
@latimesfob
!
The finalists for the 42nd Los Angeles Times Book Prizes were announced today!
Winners will be announced at USC’s Bovard Auditorium on April 22, the day before the 27th Los Angeles Times Festival of Books kicks off.
See the full list of finalists at
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@CulturedModesty
@JordanPeele
So disappointing—from anyone, but especially him/his production company!
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It continues to be a bleak time for women in the United States and I feel odd celebrating something in this moment... but this is such a much-needed bright spot for me. I'm so honored to be, well, honored by a center whose work I so respect. Thank you
@UNLGreatPlains
We're happy to announce the winner of the 2022 Stubbendieck Great Plains Distinguished Book Prize is author Alaina E. Roberts (
@allthewhile1
) for "I’ve Been Here All the While: Black Freedom on Native Land" (
@PennPress
). Dr. Roberts is an Assistant Prof of History at
@PittTweet
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This is huge! The Muscogee Creek Nation will finally have to stop discriminating against the Black people who share their history and, in many cases, their ancestry. Congratulations to
@AttorneyDamario
and the courageous freedmen who filed this suit!!
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@BuzzFeedNews
And the police initially lied, saying the gunman had shot the "good Samaritan," rather than a member of their own department... 😑
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And just like many Americans recently learned that Juneteenth celebrates Black freedom AFTER Texan slaveholders had to be forced to honor emancipation, you should know that the Choctaws & Chickasaws fought to maintain slavery. The U.S. had to send agents to reinforce this treaty.
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Wilma Mankiller was a groundbreaking Cherokee leader, no doubt. But as we honor her today, I think it’s essential to consider her legacy in its entirety, warts and all. Isn’t that what we Native folks ask of white Americans with their heroes? Please read my words w/ an open heart
As the U.S. commemorates Wilma Mankiller, it's worth taking a moment to reflect on the former Cherokee principal chief's handling of Freedmen exclusion and how today's tribal leaders can learn from her mistakes.
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It's surreal to report, but I just won a book award only about a month after I’ve Been Here All the While was published! Thank you to the Sons & Daughters of the United States Middle Passage
@sdusmp
for selecting me to be one of the recipients of the Phillis Wheatley Book Award!
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For
@highcountrynews
I interviewed
@mays_kyle
about his new book, “An Afro-Indigenous History of the United States.” We discussed Afro-Indigenous identity and what interactions between Black and Native people look like in the past and the present.
Two leading scholars discuss the complex relationship between Black and Native people:
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On my book tour I was often asked about my 2nd book project. This new AIQ article will give you a glimpse of the ideas swirling around in my head: Indian Country's history w/ Civil War memorialization & anti-Blackness and my hopes for future alliances between Black & Native ppl
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It's interesting to me that in this framing, the positions available in African American or Native American history are not "U.S history." Maybe that's what "the field" should be grappling with 🤔
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Again the Cherokee Nation leads the way in acknowledging its past and looking to its future. I want this for all of the Five Tribes.
Historic ruling today from the Cherokee Nation Supreme Court, which has removed any reference of "by blood" from our Constitution, stating "unequivocally" that the descendants of Freedmen are citizens of our sovereign nation:
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Oh, are we back to framing the Cherokees’ past anti-Blackness as mere disagreement over “cultural values”? Great to know some academics are still arguing that Freedmen are interlopers only seeking "things from the government." This is not a good look.
The Cherokee Supreme Court has extended the right to run for tribal office to descendants of enslaved Black people owned by Cherokees before the Civil War (via
@ASU
)
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I wrote about last month's Cherokee Supreme Court case & why all Native people should care about the continuing discrimination against Freedmen/Black Indians: "Freedmen are the canaries in the coal mine that is the complicated morass of kinship & nationhood"
“Native nations must confront their slaveholding pasts, just as they push the United States to reckon with its own settler colonial sins.”
#opinion
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@sydney_mass
@lindsaaaytweets
It explains a lot of the stories we see about doctors and nurses ignoring and second guessing Black pain
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Today is the 100th anniversary of the
#TulsaMassacre
, so I honor the Black people who lost their lives or property to the anger, jealousy, and racism of their white neighbors. They built themselves up from slavery and many rebuilt even after these losses
#ReparationsNow
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I'm late to reading this but I so appreciated this take by
@william_sturkey
re: the doors digitization has opened for historians of marginalized histories. Digitization of the Dawes records allowed me unlimited time w/ the Black & Native actors in my book
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@karl_jacoby
Wow, that's even worse than this since it's work w/ zero visibility, so zero money on top of that from him of all people is unconscionable! I really hope he treated the Native consultants & collaborators on KOTFM better than that (it seems like he did, but you never really know)
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Thanks so much, Kyle! Here's to both of our books asking new questions of, and contributing to, the field of Afro-Indigenous history!
@allthewhile1
has written one of the best books on Afro-Indigenous history, and asks us to fundamentally rethink Reconstruction. This book is brilliant & a MUST read!
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@Ebonyteach
Seeing concrete numbers, especially from another Black woman, is invaluable. Thank you for sharing!!
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So grateful that Phil Deloria mentioned my work alongside
@GayleCaleb
's new book, "We Refuse to Forget" in his write-up for the
@NewYorker
. The community of those writing about Black Indian history in Oklahoma continues to grow and I couldn't be happier.
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@DigitalHistory_
I was at the Oklahoma Historical Society my first summer doing research. Flipping through microfilm slides for the Indian Pioneer Papers, I came across my great great uncle talking about his life as a slave of Choctaw Indians. I use that source every time I get a chance.
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"America should solve its own problems"?! Choctaw citizens CHOSE to adopt chattel slavery, profited from it, and had to be forced to end it BY THE US! Euro-American racism created slavery, but Choctaws have made anti-Blackness a part of their tribal policy.
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Last class completed. Sending wishes for rest & recuperation over break to my fellow educators who struggled this semester with burnout. Truthfully, this Fall was worse for me than last year. I was more tired, the students were more tired and participated less... Whew.
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Thank you
@NicoleChavz
@CNN
for giving me the opportunity to talk about how my book’s narrative of Black-Native Indian Territory (Oklahoma) is crucial background for understanding the
#TulsaMassacre
as we near its centennial
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Congrats
@megankatenelson
on being a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in History 🥳 Three-Cornered War was such a well-told
#CivilWarWest
story and I'm so glad you're receiving the recognition you deserve!! Plus, now I'm going to be on a roundtable w/ a Pulitzer finalist 😉
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First day of virtual class today. In introductions one of my Black students told me I'm her first Black instructor ever, including k-12. Whew, the feels. I'm glad I can be that for her but I wish this wasn't the case. Representation & diversity of perspective is so important.
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A head of state publicly speaking out against a political candidate who is blatantly trying to stoke anti-Blackness and divisive ideas about Native identity? What a sight to see. I'd love to see this from all tribal leaders.
Cherokee chief backs right of freedmen descendants to run for tribal office via
@tulsaworld
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In addition to the Oklahoma Black Towns revitalization movement, there are multiple efforts by African Americans in the South to rebuild, repossess, and reclaim space, inheritance & identity. So glad this is getting attention.
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@KatinSATX
@JordanPeele
I feel like a lot of people think that because it’s our job to educate we must do it anywhere we’re asked to (and for free). But consulting is on my own free time, so of course it should be paid as supplemental labor!
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@theferocity
@marcformarc
I think it's useful as a catchall when you need a catchall, like when you need to refer to all non-white people. But it can be annoying when it's weirdly used to obfuscate someone's particular experience of Blackness (or Indigeneity).
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If you're a Chickasaw/Choctaw freedmen artist (or a Chickasaw/Choctaw artist who's been thinking about how to represent your tribe's history of slavery in your work), please message me here. Working on an art exhibit w/ the University of Tulsa's Center for the Humanities!
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My academic career thus far has been full of ups and downs. But right now I’m writing my part of a journal roundtable and who am I responding to? A scholar whose book I revered in graduate school and who I never thought would know who I am. Wild.
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I got to talk a little about my favorite topic (the historical complexity of Black & Native interactions in the West) in this great article by
@JournoJoshua
(
@_Liza_Black
is also interviewed!)
Talked to scholars
@allthewhile1
and
@_Liza_Black
about the Black Cowboy as a figure in history and pop culture.
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Stunning data. When you factor in the Black-Native and Native land loss in the same region, that began occurring around the same time period, the numbers show clearly the toll of racial violence & settler colonialism
Economists Jeremy Cook and Jason Long of
@WheatonCollege
tracked the impact of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre in census data. "In just 24 hours, the promising trajectory of an entire community can be significantly altered in ways that last for generations."
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There are so many stories I want to tell about my corner of the Black West that what I thought was 1 book has become several. But which comes first? The evolution of Black-Native identity in Oklahoma? The 20th century Black and Native migration from Oklahoma to California?
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Since no outlet wants to publish this as an essay, I’m posting it here. Not my customary history nuggets or something I’d usually share. Rather, this is a thread (really, a PSA) about my current health issues. If you, or someone you love, is on birth control, please read & share
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Excited to be speaking about my book and its paperback release at one of my favorite bookstores,
@PoliticsProse
, this Sunday in DC at 5pm!
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@DavidAstinWalsh
@CJSlaby
Harvard is hiring in 20th century African American history... or do you not consider that U.S. history?
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1 month until
#allthewhile
is officially released; until then, watch this short video to get a taste of how my book covers the complexities of Black & Native identity in 19th c. Indian Territory, w/thanks to
@lmchervinsky
for this venue!
#HistorySummit2021
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This is a great summary of the history & recent developments re: Cherokee freedmen that I was happy to be a part of. It concludes w/ a reminder that even though it seems like a happy ending, there are still Cherokees who think tribal members should be able to vote on Black rights
About 4,000 Black people were once enslaved by the Cherokee Nation. Although they were freed after the Civil War, and promised citizenship for themselves and their descendants, that wasn’t the end of their fight to belong. From
#TheExperimentPodcast
:
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Yes, Governor Anoatubby, being Chickasaw IS about shared heritage & bonds that transcend the superficial. It would be nice if you would include us Chickasaw Freedmen in those sentiments.
Being Chickasaw is not about appearance, it rests in heritage and devotion to the bond we all have with each other. It’s not superficial, it’s not just government, it’s about a relationship given us by the creator. We have much for which to be thankful.
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In our current moment, the Tulsa Race Massacre is more relevant than ever. For
@ncph
I wrote about the deeper history of the Tulsa Race Massacre and why we must tell complex histories
@dreamhampton
@limacake
@springhillent
@kingjames
Check out
@allthewhile1
's take on the their "Search for Identity and Historical Complexity" and their hopes for
#commemoration
as they relate to the Black-Native history of the Tulsa Massacre, today on History
@Work
.
#PublicHistory
#TwitterStorians
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We've seen many Native activists acknowledge BLM's impact on their longtime goals (ex: changing offensive names & symbols). Will they return the favor by rallying to the Creek freedmen's cause--and that of the Chickasaw, Choctaw, and Seminole freedmen?
The descendants of enslaved people brought West along the Trail of Tears have spent decades fighting for recognition.
Then came a remarkable confluence: Sweeping BLM protests and a historic Supreme Court ruling for tribal rights. And new hope.
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Was fortunate to see this exhibit when I was in OK last month & it's everything I could ask for: it confronts the Cherokee Nation's slaveholding past and its 20th & 21st century racism, celebrates Black Cherokee history & looks to the future.
Make sure to check out the new “𝐖𝐞 𝐀𝐫𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐞: Cherokee Freedmen and the Right to Citizenship” exhibit, now on display at the Cherokee National History Museum in Tahlequah!
The museum is open today until 4, and admission is 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞.
#CherokeeNationalHoliday
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Just finished
@karla_slocum
‘s book, Black Towns, Black Futures. What a pleasure to read about the enduring vitality of Black placemaking. Can’t help but think our books make a great double feature, examining Black life in Indian Territory/Oklahoma in the past and in the present!
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I have to read 4 books in 1.5 weeks for some cool upcoming happenings and I can't believe there was a time when I was reading about 1 book A DAY for almost six months to prepare for graduate school comps 😞 How times change...
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That this is positioned as a commemoration of "the end of slavery in America" is a reminder of the need for historians. It commemorates ONE group of Black people's emancipation. Why is historical complexity so hard for many to understand?
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@hellenkeniford
As if historians aren't allowed to be horrified at the new things we learn... it's because of historians' work that these people can even claim to not be surprised at Washington's cruelty!
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Okay, this is my new rule: don't ask me to do service for your university press if you're going to turn around and ignore me when I ask you to explain why you've just published a book with problematic and inaccurate statements
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This began as a response to a tweet by
@ChoctawFreedmen
, but actually, I’d like to open this up to my fellow historians and others as well; I want to have a discussion about (historical) reparations. So: THREAD
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Despite the harried nature of the beginning of fall semester, this is my favorite time to be a professor. Watching incoming first years explore campus w/ their parents, excitedly thinking about what's to come... & I get to teach them new things! I hope I never lose this feeling.
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A former Pitt student's take on Juneteenth & the university's opportunity to take accountability for its history in a meaningful way
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Thank you
@michaelblaakman
for inviting me to be part of this
#SHEAR2021
panel highlighting Black citizenship and composed primarily of Black scholars (and the wonderful Paul Polger!) Kudos to the conference program committee for charting a new path after
#SHEAR2020
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This is how I like to see Black western history written about: as a celebration of the overcoming of barriers accompanied by a question of "how to commemorate a settler’s story without obscuring the devastating legacy of settler colonialism on the region’s Indigenous people?"
An effort to memorialize the homestead of one of Oregon’s first Black farmers illuminates
the land’s complicated history and imagines new possibilities for its future
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I love that the Cherokee Nation is not just acknowledging past discrimination, but also taking action to show that Black Cherokee/freedmen history is and has always been Cherokee history. The museum exhibit TELLS this history and this move PRESERVES this history.
#lCYMI
Historic
#freedmen
church makes
@CherokeeNation
registry of historic places via
@CherokeePhoenix
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Ready to ride with
#HATM
#thehardertheyfall
! I won't live tweet all of my thoughts, but I'll share a few takes. I grew up w/ a mother who lived for westerns, so I'm very interested to see what tropes they stick to & which they discard in service of a uniquely Black perspective
Fans of Historians At The Movies! Mount up. I promised this was coming. Join us this Sunday, November 7 at 8pm eastern on
@NetflixFilm
to talk about race, law, & identity in the West with THE HARDER THEY FALL. 1/
Keep the
#HATM
gang growing by retweeting and we'll see you soon!
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Historians of the American West:
@UNLGreatPlains
is hiring a postdoc for its amazing Black Homesteader Project! You'd be working w/ a lot of great folks, including the legendary Margaret Jacobs. Please share this opportunity!
#twitterstorians
#academicjobs
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This
#NativeAmericanHeritageMonth
remember Native peoples' fight for the right to vote in the United States--which unfortunately continues to this day (and read
@CathleenDCahill
's great book, Recasting the Vote, for more on the topic!)
‘Jim Crow, Indian style’: How Native Americans were denied the right to vote for decades
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Thank you
@Pescador505
@FarinaKing
& María Raquél Casas for choosing my article! Thank you
@skantrow
@JGiesberg
@Joe_G_P
for your help in bringing it to fruition! For an encapsulation of my book's core argument check out "A Different Forty Acres" in
@JCWE1
vol. 10, no. 2
#WHA2021
Congratulations to former postdoc
@allthewhile1
, one of the recipients of the
#WHA2021
Vicki L. Ruiz Award for best journal article on race in the North American West!
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I probably shouldn't open this can of worms again, but I can't get over the fact that I have to experience the joy of seeing the increase in Black and Native history jobs while also witnessing the appalling shrinkage of jobs (especially tenure track jobs) in the field as a whole
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It really means so much to me that an outlet like
@highcountrynews
(and the great people behind it) consistently educates about and humanizes the struggles and goals of freedmen. Thank you
Freedmen are making strides in the fight for tribal rights and recognition. This primer will help get you up to speed:
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Can't believe I finally got my interview w/ the busy
@CulturedModesty
😉 Come for any bits about my book and IT/Oklahoma history you haven’t already heard (like, say, the origin of the Oklahoma Sooners name?); stay for a mention of some of my favorite Stevie Wonder songs!
91.)
@allthewhile1
, "I've Been Here All the While: Black Freedom on Native Land" (
@PennPress
, 2021)
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The Creek Nation’s attorney general played dirty to try to win this case and it backfired. These are the kind of people who use tribal sovereignty as a shield to do harm
Muscogee Nation AG “intimidated” judge in Creek Freedmen trial
It’s been a long journey to justice for Black Creeks, who helped build Historic Greenwood District, home to Black Wall Street.
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Highest rate of vaccination! Because of our history--and present circumstances--Native people have every right to be hesitant (even downright resistant) to any American health initiative. Yet, here we are setting an example for the rest of this country... again.
Native Americans often live far from healthcare facilities and distrust federal authorities. Still, they're getting vaccinated against COVID-19.
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YES. Remember Indigenous Peoples today, but not as a monolith--rather, as a resilient, diverse group that deals with the effects of settler colonialism (like anti-Blackness and destructive ideas of identity) in varied ways, on a daily basis.
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My biggest event yet: over 100 copies of my book purchased, read, and discussed around the
@ASU
campus & I'll be in conversation w/ a wonderful fellow author
@QuillingIt
. Looking forward to Thursday! Thank you for the invitation
@CSRDatASU
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Nikole Hannah-Jones' saga with UNC has to represent the most sustained focus on tenure and its opacity by a large swath of non-academics in recent memory, right? I'm so glad it has a happy ending, but it's been so interesting to see mainstream news dissecting this topic.
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If you haven’t yet purchased my book, “I’ve Been Here All the While: Black Freedom on Native Land,” but are curious to know what’s between its two covers,
@laphamsquart
has published an excerpt. Take a look.
How African Americans came to Indian Territory after the Civil War. An excerpt from
@allthewhile1
’s “I’ve Been Here All the While: Black Freedom on Native Land.”
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Next on my virtual book tour, I'll be "visiting" the Papers of Andrew Jackson
@of_papers
at the University of Tennessee this Wednesday at 4pm EST. Register here:
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Currently watching this history-making event where Chief
@ChuckHoskin_Jr
is emphasizing the importance of equality for Cherokee citizens of all races/ethnicities
Today at 12noon (central): Join us for an important exploration of the Cherokee Freedmen experience. Tune in at
@CherokeeNation
’s Facebook page, or click here:
#Cherokee
#Freedmen
#Equality
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We've seen so much progress in the Cherokee Nation that it's easy to forget that Black Indians in the other four of the Five Tribes are still advocating for equal rights and treatment.
@AttorneyDamario
is fighting the good fight to obtain
#JusticeForBlackCreeks
@Just4Greenwood
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Me looking at the plane tickets I was (am?) planning to buy to go to the Southern Historical Association conference in New Orleans
Dr. Kline Physician-in-Chief at Children's Hospital New Orleans: "In short, we've learned the delta variant is a whole different animal from what we've dealt with in the past.. low rates of vaccination in LA means we're very susceptible to a truly devastating surge at this time"
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Wait, “Forrest” in the film, “Forrest Gump,” was named after Nathan Bedford Forrest, the Confederate General and former Grand Wizard of the KKK!!? Where have I been and WTF!?
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Tonight at 7:30pm EST/6:30pm CDT, I'll be chatting with
@eveewing
as part of her
@FreedomLectures
series. We'll cover the intersections of Black and Indigenous history, antagonism, and solidarity. It will be streaming live on YouTube:
#blackfreedomlectures
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I’m grateful to have friends who celebrate me & my accomplishments. Thank you
@Lexi_LouW
💚💚(And yes, they taste quite good!)
#allthewhile
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Please check out
@ZinnEdProject
's amazing work on one of our most misunderstood and ignored time periods: Reconstruction. I'm especially ecstatic that Oklahoma teachers looking to this to augment their regional knowledge will find information from my book!
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Putting together a new course and I’m looking over
@AmericanYawp
for the first time. It’s helpful & pretty inclusive, but two of its section titles gave me pause: “The New World” and “Conquering the West.”
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I got to talk about Reconstruction in the West, federal intervention, and race relations in late 19th century Indian Territory with some great folks!
LIVE TODAY - Episode 5: Rutherford B. Hayes. Featuring
@BrooksDSimpson
&
@allthewhile1
. Subscribe, listen, & share "The Past, the Promise, the Presidency."
#allthewhile
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I appreciate how
@livingtheproof
's article reminds us of the reality &importance of Black people's connection to nature to escaping slavery, and also to food gathering, memorializing familial bonds &other aspects of everyday life. W/ great insights from
@KCliffLarson
&
@IBJIYONGI
As scholars continue to unearth information about Harriet Tubman's life, she’s increasingly being recognized and celebrated as a skilled naturalist.
#Tubman200
#BecauseOfHerStory
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Powerful essay on what academic organizations/societies should do, need to do to become not merely "inclusive" but actively anti-racist and equitable to BIPOC scholars. Because it's not just a
#SHEAR2020
issue.
Your Predominantly White Academic Organization (Yes, Even Yours) Is Exactly One Live-Tweeted Racist Event Away from Public Disgrace.
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@DigitalHistory_
I've had the chance once so far. It went well! Whenever I teach African chattel slavery I include slave owning in Indian nations and students really get the point that racism/white supremacy requires buy in from non-white groups.
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@wildcard_editor
@AcademicLifeNBN
@AcademicChatter
@OpenAcademics
I wish I had taken that time to create a system for note taking (in classes, on books, etc.). Now I have so many notes I need to transfer or that I can't even find because I used so many different methods in graduate school.
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@annehelen
I think about this a lot with regard to academic administrators. What one dean used to do all of a sudden needs to be performed by a suite of deans, and ditto for the provost...
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Happy to be quoted in this article about Rhonda Grayson and other Creek Freedmen's long and courageous fight to have their shared history & Native identities recognized by their tribe--as was promised in the Treaties of 1866.
Their ancestors were enslaved. Now they want proper recognition. These Creek Freedmen descendants have been fighting for 41 years to belong in their ancestral tribe. Find out why in my latest
@NBCBLK
:
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There may be no effects you see in your daily life. Not yet, anyway. But if you’ve taken birth control for more than a few years, ask your doctor about your risks. Ask for an ultrasound or a CT scan just so you KNOW nothing is there. Thanks for reading.
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In most traditional westerns, Native people served as villains and Black people were minor players, if present at all. In this predominantly Black world, I’m curious to see if Native people will make an appearance. We’ve already seen a Latino/Hispanic character.
#HATM
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Looking forward to sitting down with the editors of my favorite academic journal!
@JCWE1
is excited to host Dr. Alaina Roberts for discussion of her new book, *I've Been Here All the While: Black Freedom on Native Land." Join us Wed., April 14, at 4 pm EST! (Register at link.)
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