Dumb Okie, PhD. "Discover the truth and publish it." -- Angie Debo. Professor, Arts @UAlberta.
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THE SEQUEL TO NASTY NEWSPAPERS IS HERE.
Political violence, intimidation, and America First were just as present in Tulsa in 1918. When two men were killed less than 24 hours apart for political sentiment, the city’s elite cheered.
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5 new books by Oklahoma authors to check out this October kosu.org/arts-culture/2024-1…
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Aw, yeah! @RussellSCobb’s GHOSTS OF CROOK COUNTY is one of @PublishersWkly’s Best Nonfiction Books of 2024! 🤩 #FridayReads #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth buff.ly/4eZg939
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“Tommy Atkins would still be an interesting case study in the arbitrary nature of the federal government to determine who is and is not an Indian, and indeed, who is a person.”—@RussellSCobb in convo with @LOLBev buff.ly/3ZYbZ6N
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Out Now! "The State of Sequoyah: Indigenous Sovereignty and the Quest for an Indian State" by Donald L. Fixico. oupress.com/9780806194639/th…
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The Tommy Atkins case was treated like a footnote in history, but it was a legal Pandora’s box of vital questions about landownership, who gets identified as Native American, and oil wealth. @RussellSCobb #TrueCrime buff.ly/486cpKi
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If you loved KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON and #TrueCrime is your jam, you gotta follow up with @RussellSCobb’s GHOSTS OF CROOK COUNTY! He chats about it here with @LOLBev. buff.ly/3ZYbZ6N
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Happy #BookBDay, @RussellSCobb!✨
GHOSTS OF CROOK COUNTY, the true, unsolved story of greedy men’s exploitation of Muscogee land & the hunt for the ghost of a boy who may never have existed, is “a riveting legal thriller.”—@PublishersWkly, ⭐ Review buff.ly/4dDif7j
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@RussellSCobb’s THE GREAT OKLAHOMA SWINDLE is a rousing and incisive examination of the regional culture and history of “Flyover Country” that demystifies the political conditions of the American Heartland.
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“If we are to maintain our sovereignty, we must honor the whole of each treaty, and that means honoring Freedmen citizenship,” Warne said
Mvto @indepthwithDeon for including me.
I spoke with lawyers, Creek Freedmen plaintiffs, & @MuscogeeNation citizen @AmyEchos about the July 26 hearing in front of the @MuscogeeNation Supreme Court, which will decide whether to uphold the lower court ruling granting full citizenship to Freedmen.
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ONE WEEK: Join the Department of History, Classics, and Religion on Thursday, March 14 at 12:30 PM in Tory 2-58 for a talk by Dr. Russell Cobb. Dr. Cobb will discuss his forthcoming book Ghosts of Crook County: An Oil Fortune, A Phantom Child, and the Fight for Indigenous Land.
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Join the Department of History, Classics, and Religion on Thursday, March 14 at 12:30 PM in Tory 2-58 for a talk by Dr. Russell Cobb. Dr. Cobb will discuss his forthcoming book Ghosts of Crook County: An Oil Fortune, A Phantom Child, and the Fight for Indigenous Land.
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We’re publishing a book with our friend @RussellSCobb and the support of the Artists Creative Fund! We’re looking for contributors. Find the details here: bit.ly/3LxOkCj
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A Brunch of Writers: On Community. Join us Oct 22 | 11am - 1pm | Westin Edmonton. The popular Sunday brunch on the final day of the fest returns! #yeg #litfestyeg eventbrite.ca/e/a-brunch-of-…
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@RussellSCobb's THE GREAT OKLAHOMA SWINDLE explores one of the most tragic, fascinating, and unpredictable places in the United States.
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What is ignored or neglected by the media -- but will be studied by historians?
Here's the full list of 25 examples:
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The final page -- more importantly the final paragraph -- of Justice Neil Gorsuch's concurring opinion in Indian Child Welfare Act case demands its own post. #ICWA #Brackeen #DefendICWA #ProtectICWA
ALT U.S. Supreme Court concurring opinion in Haaland v. Brackeen