Here is our latest blogpost by Kate Rennard Earlier this month, the state of Minnesota took the unprecedented step of returning land to a Native … Read more
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Thanksgiving or Thankstaking?
Tisquantum, also known as Squanto, has become a central figure in the story of the first Thanksgiving. In many versions, he was friendly to the … Read more
Hastings Museum Indigenous Engagement Policy
At the beginning of October 2020, Hastings Museum and Art Gallery in East Sussex, southern England implemented a new Indigenous Engagement Policy–the first of its … Read more
Rebuilding Roots from Abroad
Anthony Perry (Chickasaw) Author, ‘Chula the Fox’ The job of my dreams took me from the U.S. to England in the year 2000, along with … Read more
Notes on a Statue
Professor Coll Thrush (UBC) International Co-Investigator, ‘Beyond the Spectacle’ On 16 June 2020, following the toppling of statues to slavers and colonists in the UK … Read more
“My Culture is Not a Costume”
Professor David Stirrup (Kent) and Dr Jack Davy (UEA) Principal Investigator and Research Associate, ‘Beyond the Spectacle’ At ‘Beyond the Spectacle’ one of the key … Read more
The Choctaw-Irish Gift Exchange
Dr Padraig Kirwan (Goldsmiths, University of London) Board Member, ‘Beyond the Spectacle’ In light of news of recent fundraising in Ireland for the Covid-struck Navajo … Read more
We Remember
Dr Kate Rennard (University of Kent) Research Associate, ‘Beyond the Spectacle’ This is the latest in the series of blog posts commemorating Indigenous North American … Read more
“(I think it’s Ojibbeway)”
Professor David Stirrup (Kent) Principal Investigator, ‘Beyond the Spectacle’ Newspapers are inevitably a key resource for a project like ours, and it is perhaps needless … Read more
Repatriation, Collaboration and ‘Beyond the Spectacle’
Dr Jack Davy (UEA) Research Associate, ‘Beyond the Spectacle’ The ‘Beyond the Spectacle’ project has worked with numerous Native American and First Nation visitors and … Read more