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Michael Oberg

@michaelleroyoberg.bsky.social
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Historian of Indigenous America, writer of books, and hearer of bands you’ve never heard in dingy clubs you’ve not likely visited. Good at trivia. MichaelLeroyOberg.com

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Michael Oberg @michaelleroyoberg.bsky.social · 3h
Fuck this racist, vindictive, cracker country.
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Michael Oberg @michaelleroyoberg.bsky.social · 7h
Every chance the Trumpzis get, they demonstrate the GOP’s commitment to white supremacy. The picture is from this year’s Columbus Day Proclamation. (Trump does not do Indigenous Peoples’ Day proclamations). They’re just a bunch of nasty racists and white trash with money.
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Michael Oberg @michaelleroyoberg.bsky.social · 7h
This piece, which I wrote several years ago, lays out the arguments for celebrating Indigenous Peoples’ Day in place of Columbus Day. Enjoy. michaelleroyoberg.com/discovery-an...
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You Have No Excuse for Ignoring Indigenous People’s Day
If we replace Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples’ Day, are we guilty of engaging in partisan “revisionist” history?  Are we doing something that is unsavory, disrespectful, or mean?  Am…
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Michael Oberg @michaelleroyoberg.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
If a black man stepped on a white woman’s toe, Hegseth would call loudly for a lynching.
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Michael Oberg @michaelleroyoberg.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
For those of you in Livingston County events.geneseo.edu/event/book-t...
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The Central Fire of the Iroquois: Book Talk w/ Dr. Michael Oberg
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Michael Oberg @michaelleroyoberg.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
One thing that Democrats and Republicans can agree on is that white people ought to have the right and power to dictate how Indigenous nations develop their economies. www.btpm.org/local/2026-1...
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Mayor Ryan announces lawsuit aiming to halt Seneca Nation development along Buffalo River
The mayor announced Wednesday morning the filing of a lawsuit in New York Supreme Court to halt what he calls "a proposed 28-bay truck stop and fuel depot" in Buffalo's Old First Ward.
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Michael Oberg @michaelleroyoberg.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The Biden Admin’s efforts to investigate American Indian boarding schools barely scratched the surface. The Racists now in charge scrapped these efforts entirely and proscribed teaching this subject. White people voted for this racism three times. wausaupilotandreview.com/2026/10/04/a...
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At least a dozen graves of Milwaukee Indian boarding school students uncovered - Wausau Pilot & Review
For generations, much of this history was nearly lost. Researchers have now identified 14 girls who died while attending a federally funded Indian boarding school in Milwaukee in the late 1800s — many...
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Joshua Eaton @joshuaeaton.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
On my hands and knees begging people who never had to wonder if they would go to college to stop writing about it.
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Jason Herbert @herberthistory.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Next but certainly not least is @michaelleroyoberg.bsky.social phenomenal 500 year history of the Onondaga people. Here's a link for that: amzn.to/4xRU5jC
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The Central Fire of the Iroquois: A Five-Hundred-Year History of the Onondaga Nation (The Henry Roe Cloud Series on American Indians and Modernity): Oberg, Michael Leroy: 9780300284843: Amazon.com: Bo...
The Central Fire of the Iroquois: A Five-Hundred-Year History of the Onondaga Nation (The Henry Roe Cloud Series on American Indians and Modernity) [Oberg, Michael Leroy] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shippin...
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Michael Oberg @michaelleroyoberg.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The measure of the justice of a given society is how well it treats its weakest and most vulnerable citizens. Nothing radical in this idea—goes back to the OT at a minimum. These soulless ghouls are evil and deserve no forgiveness. They prey upon the weak. They should be treated like war criminals.
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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Tomorrow's front page 📰 New satellite pictures lay bare Israel's destruction of Gaza
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Michael Oberg @michaelleroyoberg.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Fitting.
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Michael Oberg @michaelleroyoberg.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
27 years ago I worked as a historian in a land claim suit to recover Indigenous lands illegally claimed by the state of NY. We lost, despite historical evidence that clearly supported our side. Going to court is like playing tennis against an opponent who can raise or lower the net at will.
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Michael Oberg @michaelleroyoberg.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Revolutionary war fans: I showed my students the tar and feather scene from HBO’s John Adams. Lots of questions about what happened after the tarring and feathering. Did victims Die? How did one get the tar and feathers off?
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Joey Pesci's Home Alone Snow Trap Prank
ALT: Joey Pesci's Home Alone Snow Trap Prank
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Michael Oberg @michaelleroyoberg.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Coming up in a couple of weeks. friendsofphilipsemanorhall.org/event/parall...
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Parallel Lines: The Western Iroquois and the American Revolution - Friends of Philipse Manor Hall
Indigenous people who fought against American colonists in the Revolutionary War were not Loyalists. Instead, they fought for the protection […]
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Michael Oberg @michaelleroyoberg.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Hi Friends When I’m not being a history professor I am the VP of the Rochester Historical Society. We would love to have you as a member. www.rochesterhistory.org/become-a-mem...
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Become a Member — Historical Society of Rochester, New York
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Michael Oberg @michaelleroyoberg.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I wish I had a 7-year old nephew because he would draw a kick-ass depiction of this with his Crayolas
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Michael Oberg @michaelleroyoberg.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
“Tilly, You’re watching television. Suddenly you realize there’s a wasp crawling on your arm. What do you do?” www.forbes.com/sites/conorm...
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Controversial AI ‘Actor’ Tilly Norwood Abruptly Switches Languages In Interview
Tilly Norwood, a controversial AI “actor,” abruptly switched languages during an interview with Piers Morgan, though the company behind the AI creation denied she malfunctioned.
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Michael Oberg @michaelleroyoberg.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
With the book coming out at the end of the month, I have a lot of speaking gigs lined up. Please feel free to stop by. I expect more events to be added to this calendar.
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The Liberal BoJack @thelibbojack.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
NOT TO BE CONTROVERSIAL, but are we boycotting the Patriots and all shows at Gillette Stadium as hard as we are boycotting Ed Sheeran??? Because Robert Kraft deserves the heat about 100x as much, even if Ed is being a little dick bitch for letting him dictate things.
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Michael Oberg @michaelleroyoberg.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
On this day in 1911, NY papers reported on brine killing trout in Onondaga Creek. The creek’s water used to run cold and clear; now it looks like chocolate milk, the victim Of corporate plundering.
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Michael Oberg @michaelleroyoberg.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Just sent an email with the salutation, “Thanks, Hoe.” I’m hoping that Joe won’t mind.
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Toddler Plays with Hose
ALT: Toddler Plays with Hose
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Michael Oberg @michaelleroyoberg.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Abilene is closing. What a huge loss for Rochester’s music scene.
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Chad Loder @chadloder.dev · 15/09/2026
When you want to boycott Ed Sheeran and Pink but you already don't listen to shitty music
Depressed kermit the frog costume guy sitting hunched over on a park bench
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 15/09/2026
A lot of people really have no idea what's coming with the energy crisis in the coming months. A lot of the crisis from the start of the war were postponed but those tricks can no longer work. We're about to see the worst energy crisis in 50 years.
Screenshot of an X post by The Hormuz Letter (@HormuzLetter) reporting breaking news about Saudi oil exports.
The post reads:
"BREAKING: Saudi Arabia has informed its European customers that late-September crude oil cargoes will be cancelled, due to the East-West pipeline being shut after last week's attacks and Yemen's Houthis taking over the entire Red Sea coast, per three sources to Reuters.
Yanbu had five to seven days of crude stocks left for export when the East-West line went down, per industry sources on Saturday, and cancelling late-September cargoes means Riyadh does not expect the line back before they run out. Europe has been taking Saudi crude through Yanbu because Hormuz has been closed since spring. On top of the pipeline, the Houthis appear to have struck the YASREF refinery at that same port this morning."
The post is dated 10:20 AM · Sep 15, 2026, with 155.9K views.
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Michael Oberg @michaelleroyoberg.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I’ve always thought Ed Sheeran’s Music was empty and inconsequential but I did not imagine that he was a greedy coward.
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Michael Oberg @michaelleroyoberg.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Looking forward to figuring out how to use this video when I teach Puritanism and tell the students about that kid Plymouth executed for screwing a turkey, (and half the farm animals wandering around that weird little colony).
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Michael Oberg @michaelleroyoberg.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
“Flying sharks with lasers, in the President’s hyperbolic telling, are a graver threat to the country…” See what I did? You don’t need to repeat every inane thing that comes out of Trump’s puffy pie hole. C’mon, media. What communists? Where? Don’t act as if he is making sense. Don’t sanewash 47
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Michael Oberg @michaelleroyoberg.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Coming up soon.
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Michael Oberg @michaelleroyoberg.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The secret police taking another person off the streets into custody.
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Michael Oberg @michaelleroyoberg.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Lawyer and historian friends: I’ve had two FOIA requests rejected on the grounds that my request would violate the subject’s right to privacy. Both individuals I requested info on (both of whom I suspect have FBI files) are deceased. Under federal law, do the dead have a right to privacy?
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Michael Oberg @michaelleroyoberg.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Drove to Onondaga Nation today. Delivered some copies of the book to some of the people whose assistance was essential. A rewarding experience.
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Jordan aka Jirdan @slclunk.com · 09/09/2026
Any answer other than “who gives a shit, republicans are using a dozen kids playing JV volleyball as a distraction from looting the county and covering for elite pedophiles” is cowardly horseshit
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Michael Oberg @michaelleroyoberg.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
What he might have said: “You want to protect women and girls? I do. That’s why I support banning discrimination in pay, supporting family leave, cutting day care costs, defending women’s bodily autonomy, and bringing those who have enabled Epstein’s crimes to justice. Will you join me?”
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Michael Oberg @michaelleroyoberg.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Trivia Night in downtown ROC
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Michael Oberg @michaelleroyoberg.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I think I have a title for the next book. The rest is still gonna take some work, but it needs to be in the stores by 2029
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Question Mark in Book
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Michael Oberg @michaelleroyoberg.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
This Saturday at Doty Hall on the SUNY Geneseo campus. Free and open to the public.
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Michael Oberg @michaelleroyoberg.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
It’s important to remember that while Deputy Dipshit is talking out of his ass and renaming lakes his creepy patrons are hanging out with Russell Vought, implementing Project 2025, and Republicans are loving every second of it.
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Michael Oberg @michaelleroyoberg.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Two screenshots, Apple on the right And Google, on my phone as I sit a couple of miles south of Lake Ontario.
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Michael Oberg @michaelleroyoberg.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Author’s copies arrived today. Available wherever you get your books.
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Michael Oberg @michaelleroyoberg.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Officer, may I suggest the electric zapper gloves? www.nytimes.com/2026/08/28/u...
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Milo Yiannopoulos, a Right-Wing Provocateur, Is Arrested by ICE
Mr. Yiannopoulos, a prominent early supporter of President Trump, was detained at the New Orleans airport. The Trump administration publicized his arrest and shared a mug shot.
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Michael Oberg @michaelleroyoberg.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
I am going laptop and phone free in class next semester. Two days in and I am finished. www.chronicle.com/article/u-of...
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U. of Chicago Bans Tech, AI in Social Sciences Core Courses
The new restrictions apply to students and faculty members.
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Michael Oberg @michaelleroyoberg.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
I stopped being a member of the AHA in the mid 90s, when it became abundantly clear that it could not care less about faculty and small, public teaching colleges. Not surprised.
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Michael Oberg @michaelleroyoberg.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
For those of you in Central New York. C’mon out. It’ll be good to see you.
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Michael Oberg @michaelleroyoberg.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
New York, too.
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Michael Oberg @michaelleroyoberg.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
He’s such a dick. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Trump says U.S. could rename Lake Ontario as Lake America amid Canada trade war
The president cited his tariff fight in a social media post, saying the United States doesn’t expect to be “doing much business with Ontario any longer.”
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Michael Oberg @michaelleroyoberg.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
He’s also got that totally tricked out Airline catering truck.
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Michael Oberg @michaelleroyoberg.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Courtney Love could make a sandwich or turn on a light switch and there will be a dude ready to criticize how she did it.
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Michael Oberg @michaelleroyoberg.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
The proper thing to say would be “what the fuck is wrong with you? Are you stupid or are you lying? Or are you too stupid to know the difference? Have you ever read a history book is your stupid life?”
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