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padraigkirwan.bsky.social @padraigkirwan.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

The suitcase is stored now, but it's going to take quite some time to unpack the many thoughts I had while travelling with the Sharing Lands project in Oklahoma these past few weeks. Huge thanks to the Choctaw Cultural Center, the Choctaw Nation, & all those who shared stories, ideas, & spaces!

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padraigkirwan.bsky.social @padraigkirwan.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

Off on our travels. Again! The @sharinglands.bsky.social team are bound for Oklahoma very soon, & very much looking forward to revisting the Choctaw Cultural Center & the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma. Keep an eye for news over the next two weeks! #choctawireland #irishfamine #thegift #solidarity

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padraigkirwan.bsky.social @padraigkirwan.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

The @thechoctawgift team is delighted - & hugely excited - to announce that Jay Wesley, a member of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, & director for the Department of Chahta Immi, will introduce our screening of Sinners tomorrow evening! #sharinglands #MississippiBandofChoctaw #sinners

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padraigkirwan.bsky.social @padraigkirwan.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

I'm very much looking forward to seeing everyone at this special screening too!

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sharinglands.bsky.social @sharinglands.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

We love public broadcasting! RTE is home to 'Nationwide', and will feature the Choctaw-Ireland Scholarship Programme at UCC tonight (Weds, Feb 18). You can watch internationally via the RTE Player @choctawnationOK #sharinglands @Choctaw_CC #chahtafoundation @ucc.ie

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Gillian O'Brien @gillianobrien.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Blood Runs Green is a bargain $9.99 on the #Chicago University Press website. If you like true crime, #murder, Irish republicanism, #spies, Chicago & Irish #history it should be right up your street. #truecrime

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sharinglands.bsky.social @sharinglands.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

Happy New Year! (It's getting a bit late for that line, but we're keen to spread as much post-holiday cheer as we can, this "Blue Monday"!) We're delighted to say that the video featuring Aliyah, Colt, and Tom has just dropped: sharinglands.com/blog/ Enjoy & pls share!

Woven, handmade Choctaw basket that appears on Cedar Sapling website (the site run by Aliyah Meyers and her sisters).

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sharinglands.bsky.social @sharinglands.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

Massive thanks too to Jacob Sakil, who runs American Bites in Peckham, for his cooking, for sharing traditions & stories, & being a real friend to the project. Who else would have made the Choctaw dish bvnaha *&* Irish cornbread. Go raibh mile maith agat!

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sharinglands.bsky.social @sharinglands.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

Sharing Lands was delighted with - and rather blown away by - the crowds, the energy, & the enthusiasm @ the Festival of Migration, held @TheAlbanySE8 on Saturday, November 18. Huge thanks to everyone who participated, & the organisers (especially @willcenci & our Goldsmiths' RKE colleagues).

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padraigkirwan.bsky.social @padraigkirwan.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

Very much looking forward to Festival of Migration | Being Human Festival event in Deptford (tomorrow, one day only!) share.google/NFKmxpNYvjcu... Organised by @thechoctawgift's Dr Shelley Angelie Saggar! Come join us if you can. #sharinglands #choctaw/irish #irishfamine #goldsmiths

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Festival of Migration

Join Goldsmiths researchers and local organisations for a day of interactive experiences exploring migration past, present and future. Part booking for some events is required, while other activities ...

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sharinglands.bsky.social @sharinglands.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

On All Soul's Day, Irish people lit candles on graves, left food for the dead, & were in communication with the ancestors. Meanwhile, evil spirits were warded against (carved turnips being especially good guardians! Over time, pumpkins were used in the US). #interconnectedness #enduringtraditions

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sharinglands.bsky.social @sharinglands.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

On Samhain, & ahead of Día de los Muertos, we wanted to share a picture of the ofrenda (altar) on show @BriscoeMuseum. Complex, palimpsestic, layering's of pre-Christian & Catholic traditions are evident in both Irish & Indigenous cultures. Aztec culture honoured the dead in a month-long festival.

A picture of an ofrenda (altar) showing brightly painted skulls, pictures of deceased relatives & ansestors, and brightly coloured orange & red fabrics & flowers.

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padraigkirwan.bsky.social @padraigkirwan.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

Kind of hard to say how much it made my heart sing to see this banner on @brindishemanorschool (as opposed to the usual league-table, metric-driven, brag fest, OFSTED-related drivel we see on school gates, fences, & the backsides of buses)! There is hope...

Banner announcing that school is a UNICEF Gold Rights Respecting School on display.

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sharinglands.bsky.social @sharinglands.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

Everyone at Sharing Lands is truly excited about this upcoming event! Please do share details of this online event widely (& pop along if you can). Our thanks to Aliyah, Colt & Tom for their help, advice, & involvement so far.

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sharinglands.bsky.social @sharinglands.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

250 years on from the signing of the Treaty of Doak's Stand, the Sharing Lands team reflect on this complex moment in Choctaw history, and the ways in which it represents tribal sovereignty and survivance today. sharinglands.com/2025/10/20/t...

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The Treaty of Doak’s Stand: 250 years on

On the 250th anniversary of the Treaty of Doak’s Stand, we reflect on its particular history, and the complexities of sovereignty and dispossession it represents for Choctaw history.

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sharinglands.bsky.social @sharinglands.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

It's just under 2 weeks until @beinghumanfest.bsky.social 'Festival of Migration'! Come down to sample Choctaw and Irish recipes and discover the Indigenous histories behind everyday foods. @goldsmithsuol.bsky.social @goldsmithsenglish.bsky.social

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sharinglands.bsky.social @sharinglands.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

We've lots to share about our recent trip to Texas, & want to start with the Limerick-Frazier house in Austin. Designed by Joseph Limerick, who was born in 1798 & left Ireland in 1850, the house was bought by John & Laura Allman Frazier in 1905.

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sharinglands.bsky.social @sharinglands.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

The house needs some love today, & is currently for sale. Nevertheless, it stands as an intriguing & powerful reminder of the interwoven & rich histories found in Austin #irishaustin #blackhistory #sharinglands #thegift

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sharinglands.bsky.social @sharinglands.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

A professor at Samuel Huston College, John was a prominent educator. He & Laura opened their home to travellers during the Jim Crow era, when white-owned lodgings turned Black customers away; their home featured in the Green Book. Laura continued the work after John's death.

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Gillian O'Brien @gillianobrien.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

It's #IndigenousNations Day in the US & it great to mark it listening to Chief Deskaheh #Haudenosaunee, Kenneth Deer, #Mohawk & Anders Oskal, #Sámi speak at the World Food Forum in #Rome. Tomorrow I'll speak about reciprocity in the context of the #Irish #Choctaw relationship. #wff2025 •

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padraigkirwan.bsky.social @padraigkirwan.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

The #sharinglands research team will be at #nanonagleplace tomorrow at 1:15pm, & will be talking about the @choctawgift to the Irish & more. Join us if you're in Cork City!

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padraigkirwan.bsky.social @padraigkirwan.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

The Choctaw Nation Trail of Tears Bike Team (2025) have made it back to Tribal Headquarters in Oklahoma safely and very happily. Genuinely honoured to have been invited by the Team to join them, & awed at the support.... Chief Gary Batton rode in with us, & there was a huge welcome waiting.

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padraigkirwan.bsky.social @padraigkirwan.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

On Friday, May 23 the Choctaw Nation Trail of Tears Bike Team will arrive at Tribal Headquarters, having travelled 500+ miles from the tribal homelands to Calera, OK. It's been a remarkable trip.... Huge thanks to all those who have supported; help us to cross the line in style! gofund.me/f10bd86a

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padraigkirwan.bsky.social @padraigkirwan.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

4:55am, rising time. 5:30am, load bags & check bikes. 6:30am, roll out.... Day 5 of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma Trail of Tears Bike Ride is about to begin. Over £1,500 has been raised to support the team. Let's try for £2,000 by Friday: gofund.me/be0ef423 Please share widely & often!

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padraigkirwan.bsky.social @padraigkirwan.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

Trail of Tears Ride, Day 4 - Arkansas (Camden to Hope), followed by a trip to Washington State Park. Jana (Boykin) and Ryan (Spring) talked us through the story of how some of the people of Hope offered the Choctaws food during their long walk from Mississippi to Oklahoma. Riveting day....

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The remarkable and ongoing connection between the citizens of… Padraig Kirwan needs your support for Honouring Choctaw & Irish Ancestors (Official Team Cycle)

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sharinglands.bsky.social @sharinglands.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Looking forward to reading this series! Keep an eye out for a special piece on #Choctaw #Irish mutual aid by our Postdoctoral Researcher, Dr Shelley Angelie Saggar.

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padraigkirwan.bsky.social @padraigkirwan.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Choctaw Nation Trail of Tears Bike Team ride, Day 3. Monticello to Camden, Arkansas. Learned about river cane along the way, courtesy of Ryan Spring (Tribal Historic Preservation Department), as well as about the Choctaw ancestors' journey through Camden, AR.

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padraigkirwan.bsky.social @padraigkirwan.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

Tallulah, Louisiana to Lake Village, Arkansas, via the U.S. Highway 65 (the Delta Rhythm & Bayous Highway). Day 2 of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma Bike Team's Trail of Tears ride. The distances covered by Choctaws during the 1830s are simply staggering....

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padraigkirwan.bsky.social @padraigkirwan.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

200 bottles of Gatorade. 300 bottles of water. 60 Clif bars. 500+ miles. 9 riders. 4 support crew. 3 tribal vehicles. ONE CHALLNGE. Choctaw Nation Trail of Tears Bike Team starts a huge ride from Missisissipii to Oklahoma tomorrow. Please help us to keep the cycle going. #choctawgift #sharinglands

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padraigkirwan.bsky.social @padraigkirwan.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

The BBC, NPR, RTE, Guardian, UN, & literally scores & scores of news sources & govrmnt agencies have reported stories similar to the Times' piece below. What does it take for the world to respond? www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/w...

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In Private, Some Israeli Officers Admit That Gaza Is on the Brink of Starvation

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padraigkirwan.bsky.social @padraigkirwan.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

A day in the life of a bikebox.... SE4 to Calera, OK, ahead of the Trail of Tears Bike Ride. Excited to be the first Irish rider to join at the invitation of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma's bike team! You can support the riders here: gofund.me/f10bd86a #sharinglands #honouringthefaminegift

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padraigkirwan.bsky.social @padraigkirwan.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

This ....👇 "The Choctaw Nation Trail of Tears Bike Team supports the importance of MMIW …show your support, wear Red."

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sharinglands.bsky.social @sharinglands.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

Brilliant to be able to share our work on transatlantic legacies of the #ChoctawGift and collaborative research practices at @officialbaas.bsky.social yesterday. We've got lots coming up so follow along for more on the project as things develop.

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sharinglands.bsky.social @sharinglands.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

Sharing Lands are at @OfficialBAAS today discussing our work as part of a panel on #IndigenousStudies Research in the UK! Come and find us to learn more about #SharingLands

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padraigkirwan.bsky.social @padraigkirwan.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

I'll be joining the **Choctaw Nation Trail of Tears Bike** team this May, and participating in a 7-day cycle that follows one of the historic routes walked by the Choctaw during their Removal from their tribal homelands. @choctawnationOK @IrelandCGAustin

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sharinglands.bsky.social @sharinglands.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

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sharinglands.bsky.social @sharinglands.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

Yesterday marked the 178th anniversary of the #ChoctawGift. Our team share their thoughts on the extraordinary bond between the Choctaw Nation and the people of Ireland and what the Gift might teach us today. Read our reflections over on our blog👇 sharinglands.com/2025/03/23/t...

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The Gift at 178: Reflections on an enduring relationship

March 23rd marks the 178th anniversary of the Choctaw Gift to the people of Ireland. The ‘Sharing Lands’ team reflect on the strength of this enduring relationship almost two centuries …

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padraigkirwan.bsky.social @padraigkirwan.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

This St Patrick's Weekend (why confine it to 1 day?!), we're taking a moment to remember & celebrate the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma's Trail of Tears Bike Team, who have invited 2 Irish riders to join them in May 2025 Please share☘️☘️ gofund.me/53143206 Please share widely!!

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padraigkirwan.bsky.social @padraigkirwan.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

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