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Dr Elizabeth A. Walsh

@lizannwalsh.bsky.social
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Teaching Associate at @uniofcam.bsky.social | Sociocultural anthropologist/human geographer working on Indigenous/non-Indigenous relations to environment and material culture in the North American Arctic.

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Alan Lester @alanlester.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
All very reminiscent of Cecil Rhodes’ antics with the British South Africa Company prospecting in “Rhodesia” under pretext of treaty before conquering & occupying. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
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Greenland issues ‘strong warning’ as Trump-linked oil firm prepares to drill
Island’s government says no approval given after Greenland Energy brings kit ashore for exploratory drilling
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Dr Elizabeth A. Walsh @lizannwalsh.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Attempting to undo U.S. publics’ trust in museums and to erase the good work of museum professionals shaping institutions that represent a diversity of perspectives and experiences. The Smithsonian museums do so much good - we must ensure they aren’t dismantled. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/a...
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Trump Orders Warnings Placed at ‘Inaccurate’ Smithsonian History Museum
President Trump said the signage at the National Museum of American History would correct what a disputed White House report described as “extreme political activism.”
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🎃 a very frightful hoxgoblin 🎃 @kellenhoxworth.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
“The Invented Choreographies of the Tomahawk Chop” by Kellen Hoxworth

A bass drum begins a slow, constant rhythm. The brass layer a recurring melody.
Suddenly, tens of thousands of fans throughout the stadium add their voices to the cacophony, belting the "war chant" of the Florida State University (FSU) Seminoles while performing a simple, repeated physical gesture of a chopping motion. Holding their right arms forward perpendicular to their chests, they swing their forearms through the air with their hands held in flat vertical lines that mimic axe blades. This is the Tomahawk Chop, a ubiquitous feature of athletic compe-
titions at FSU that has spread throughout US sports, specifically among fans of teams featuring mascots based in stereotypes of Indigenous peoples. Through its easily repeatable actions, the Chop choreographs an "invented tradition" of
regional and national belonging while silencing Indigenous protests.

The Tomahawk Chop has become a popular ritual for US sports fans, with its
chant and its minimalistic choreography thoroughly woven into the fabric of US sports and popular culture. Attesting to its permeation of US popular culture, in 2003, hip hop artists P. Diddy, Nelly, and Murphy Lee released the song "Shake Ya Tailfeather" which sampled the Tomahawk Chop war chant in its chorus. Most recently, during the 2020, 2021, and 2023 NFL Super Bowl championship games featuring the Kansas City Chiefs and the 2021 MLB World Series featuring the Atlanta Braves, spectators reveled in raucous performances of the Chop that were broadcast to over 100 million households across the United States.

Despite (or because of) its ubiquity, the Chop is often framed as a cherished tradition vital to fans' communal identities: as a former student at FSU asserted in its defense during a class discussion, "It's just something we do." I responded to this student by sharing my own experiences as a white Canadian-American settler who grew up in Kansas City…
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Johnnie Jae @johnniejae.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
I want people to understand the full impact of the devastation that First Nations in Canada are facing. It's NOT just that people and wildlife are losing their homes...it's the history that is being lost for generations to come.
A photo of the wildfires in canada. Fire rages through forest area with vright orange flame and dark gray smoke.
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Dominique Marshall @dominiquemarshall.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
www.bbc.com/audio/play/w... / @nichecanada.bsky.social @activehist.bsky.social @histoireengagee.ca
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BBC Audio | Witness History | Creating Canada’s largest territory
In 1999, Canada’s map was redrawn creating Nunavut, a territory showing Inuit land rights
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 16/07/2026
Christopher Nolan’s Odyssey used occupied land as a film set. That feels like a betrayal | Mohamed Sleiman Labat
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Christopher Nolan’s Odyssey used occupied land as a film set. That feels like a betrayal | Mohamed Sleiman Labat
The decision to shoot in Moroccan-occupied Western Sahara, where the Indigenous people can’t tell their stories without fear of imprisonment, helps erase our own brutal journey
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University Museum of Zoology, Cambridge @zoologymuseum.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
📢Major new partnership between Oxford & Cambridge museums will release over a million digitised specimen records of British plants & insects. ow.ly/rXlt50ZnG37 Department of Plant Sciences Cambridge, UK Research and Innovation, Museum of Natural History, University of Oxford #DiSSCoUK
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Olivia of Troye @oliviaoftroye.com · 11/07/2026
🚨Deadline: THIS Monday, 11:59 p.m. ET. Trump White House OMB Director Russ Vought's latest proposal could quietly change who decides what scientific research gets funded. Scientists are sounding the alarm. Your public comment to OMB could make a difference. @seanbruna.bsky.social More here!👇
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🚨 LIVE Saturday Covfefe Special Edition: The White House Rule You Need to Know About Before Monday
Scientists are sounding the alarm. Here's what's at stake, and why you still have time to act.
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Annette Gordon-Reed @agordonreed.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Historians Reject White House’s Criticism of Smithsonian Museum www.nytimes.com/2026/07/06/a...
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Historians Reject White House’s Criticism of Smithsonian Museum
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Daniella M. @farsouthhistory.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
There is still time to read a new book this summer! Check out the list that I have for review with H-Environment #envhist #envhum #ecocrit #climate #sustainability #conservation #envtech #plantstudies #animalhist docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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Books Available to review for H-Environment
Books Available for Review for H-Environment Below are the books currently available for review for H-Environment. Interested in reviewing one? Please email me at dmccahey@uci.edu. If we haven’t met,...
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Dr Elizabeth A. Walsh @lizannwalsh.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
A cool afternoon out of the heat at the V&A East Storehouse yesterday. Visible storage at massive scale, it was a delight as a museum nerd to see people engage and ask questions about how and why museums do things!
A photo showing the 15th-century carved, gilded Torrijos ceiling as stored and displayed at the V&A East Storehouse. Beneath are displayed three colorful fabric pieces reflecting on immigration, identity, and historic Spanish/present-day British nationalism, the installation ‘I Was Born Here’ by Shahed Saleem.A view of the interior of the V&A East Storehouse, showing multiple floors of visible storage.
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Dr. Kat Napaaqtuk❄️ @napaaqtuk.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Entertaining history of the US from an Native point of view with Native comedian Tai Leclaire @tai-leclaire.bsky.social youtu.be/Uw3C_hkt8PE?...
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How America's Foundation was Built on Propaganda
YouTube video by PBS Origins
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Dr Elizabeth A. Walsh @lizannwalsh.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
On the 250th anniversary of the US’s founding, an important read (part of a good @ict-news.bsky.social series) by @cankuheska.bsky.social:
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AMERICA 250: A step-by-step guide to Indigenous erasure - ICT
The missing and crucial truths not in America’s history books that redefined tribal nations and Native peoples 250 years after the country’s founding
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Dr Elizabeth A. Walsh @lizannwalsh.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
I had a very fun conversation with Wesley Schantz on the Bookwarm Games podcast. We talked about Philip Pullman’s vision of an enchanted Arctic, the lived experiences of Indigenous Arctic communities, and museums, among other things! Give it a listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/0yFr...
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Conversation with Liz Walsh on Philip Pullman and Museums (ep 11)
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Dr Elizabeth A. Walsh @lizannwalsh.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
As interdisciplinary collaboration becomes increasingly central to research and teaching, this book offers a practical, thought-provoking exploration of what it takes to work across disciplinary bounds. All are welcome at our book launch @christscollegecam.bsky.social this Tuesday: bit.ly/4nM8WbC
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Book Launch: Many Ways to Think About Harvest
Join us for a discussion of the new published book, "Many Ways to Think About Harvest"!
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Routledge Books @routledgebooks.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Super exciting! Thank you for publishing with us. 🥰 Get your copy today! spr.ly/6009B88QyJ 📚
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Dr Elizabeth A. Walsh @lizannwalsh.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
It has been a pleasure to contribute to Many Ways to Think About the Harvest, out with @routledgebooks.bsky.social. My chapter, on the Iñupiaq bowhead whale harvest and the maintenance of community vs settler colonial imaginaries of property is available free. #interdisciplinary #inuit #decolonial
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Harvesting the Community | 5 | Iñupiat, the Bowhead Whale, and Settler
This chapter explores the harvest of whales by the Iñupiat of northern Alaska, contrasting Iñupiat values around rights to resources with values in Western
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Dr Elizabeth A. Walsh @lizannwalsh.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
A much delayed post celebrating work on the project 'Inuit Material Culture in Cambridge,' undertaken with Corina Kramer @scottpolar.bsky.social It was a joy to get to learn more about the objects we care for and think through strategies for building relationships with Inuit communities.
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Inuit Material Culture in Cambridge: Exchanging Knowledge and Building Relationships - Collections Connections Communities
Inuit Material Culture in Cambridge: Exchanging Knowledge and Building Relationships Dr Elizabeth Walsh and Corina Qaaġraq Kramer This project was developed as a first step toward building connections...
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