Evan J Albright
@ejalbright.bsky.social
Writer. Current history research topics: Chichen Itza, Central Oregon (1940-1970), William Henry Lewis (1868-1949), US depredation claims (Native American)
Time to move up here to God's country...oh, wait a minute!
December 4, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Time to move up here to God's country...oh, wait a minute!
I learned a new work, "vocables." What I appreciate about Stephen Houston (and David Stuart) is that they write in a way understandable by us Maya dullards (meaning me, not you). I don't think I've read an article or book by either where I had to run to the dictionary.
September 4, 2025 at 9:53 PM
I learned a new work, "vocables." What I appreciate about Stephen Houston (and David Stuart) is that they write in a way understandable by us Maya dullards (meaning me, not you). I don't think I've read an article or book by either where I had to run to the dictionary.
Had something similar happen to me yesterday with an Amazon shipment, and we're a few hundred miles apart. My guess is holiday staffing might have been the source of the snafus.
September 3, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Had something similar happen to me yesterday with an Amazon shipment, and we're a few hundred miles apart. My guess is holiday staffing might have been the source of the snafus.
I love the comments section, with respectful discussions by Karen Bassie (now Bassie-Sweet, I believe), Barbara Macleod, and John Major Jenkins. What a civilized time 2015 was!
September 3, 2025 at 1:51 PM
I love the comments section, with respectful discussions by Karen Bassie (now Bassie-Sweet, I believe), Barbara Macleod, and John Major Jenkins. What a civilized time 2015 was!
'Tarzan goes to Chichen Itza' -- niiiiice.
August 2, 2025 at 10:56 PM
'Tarzan goes to Chichen Itza' -- niiiiice.
We perform for free, my fellow musicians say. You pay us to practice, to buy our gear, to get to the gig, to set up and break down. But performing, we'd probably pay you to let us do it.
July 28, 2025 at 2:40 PM
We perform for free, my fellow musicians say. You pay us to practice, to buy our gear, to get to the gig, to set up and break down. But performing, we'd probably pay you to let us do it.
That is a tale told many times in Mexico. Sorry to have never met him.
July 7, 2025 at 11:58 AM
That is a tale told many times in Mexico. Sorry to have never met him.
Sorry to hear he passed. Never met him, but read a fair bit of his work. He was a member of a Yucatan archaeological dynasty. A Dios.
July 7, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Sorry to hear he passed. Never met him, but read a fair bit of his work. He was a member of a Yucatan archaeological dynasty. A Dios.
I never had the pleasure. He had been a Palenque guy, right? He came to Chichen just a few years before he passed, but our paths never crossed.
July 6, 2025 at 12:38 AM
I never had the pleasure. He had been a Palenque guy, right? He came to Chichen just a few years before he passed, but our paths never crossed.
Great bit. On a more morbid note, the first guy to send me that back in 2006 is gone, as are most of the other folks on that email chain. Lot of knowledge lost in the past 20 years.
July 3, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Great bit. On a more morbid note, the first guy to send me that back in 2006 is gone, as are most of the other folks on that email chain. Lot of knowledge lost in the past 20 years.
The Internet Archive has published Holmes notebooks. Amazing resource. Search his name and "Random Records of a Lifetime"
June 22, 2025 at 11:16 PM
The Internet Archive has published Holmes notebooks. Amazing resource. Search his name and "Random Records of a Lifetime"
Now finished, but it starts at 45 mins into the presentations.
June 20, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Now finished, but it starts at 45 mins into the presentations.
PS: They are talking about Palenque as I write this, part of a tourism/preservation online seminar: www.youtube.com/live/JPLW-2n...
Seminario Sitios patrimonio mundial en México: intercambio de experiencias y nuevos retos.
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June 20, 2025 at 5:53 PM
PS: They are talking about Palenque as I write this, part of a tourism/preservation online seminar: www.youtube.com/live/JPLW-2n...
One day we shall meet on the steps of the Temple of the Inscriptions...
June 20, 2025 at 4:02 PM
One day we shall meet on the steps of the Temple of the Inscriptions...
I hope you get the outcome you want. My perspective comes from a) having grown up there and b) the historical and contemporary research firehose I'm currently drinking from regarding PacNW dams for my Central Oregon history. Once I synthesize everything I may come around. ¿Quién sabe?
June 15, 2025 at 5:31 PM
I hope you get the outcome you want. My perspective comes from a) having grown up there and b) the historical and contemporary research firehose I'm currently drinking from regarding PacNW dams for my Central Oregon history. Once I synthesize everything I may come around. ¿Quién sabe?
I'm not familiar with the Elwha dams. Only the private dams on the Klamath were removed; the remaining two are Bureau of Reclamation dams and removing them poses similar challenges to the Snake River dams.
Still, Klamath was a victory. Let's toast, me with my half empty glass and your's half full!
Still, Klamath was a victory. Let's toast, me with my half empty glass and your's half full!
June 15, 2025 at 11:19 AM
I'm not familiar with the Elwha dams. Only the private dams on the Klamath were removed; the remaining two are Bureau of Reclamation dams and removing them poses similar challenges to the Snake River dams.
Still, Klamath was a victory. Let's toast, me with my half empty glass and your's half full!
Still, Klamath was a victory. Let's toast, me with my half empty glass and your's half full!
Admittedly my take is far more cynical, but borne out by history. Any agreement made between the feds and the tribes is only as good as the check that accompanies it. The Biden agreement promised a lot and delivered nothing, then the Trump admin killed everything else.
June 14, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Admittedly my take is far more cynical, but borne out by history. Any agreement made between the feds and the tribes is only as good as the check that accompanies it. The Biden agreement promised a lot and delivered nothing, then the Trump admin killed everything else.
1/ I hate to be that guy, but the 2023 agreement did not end the litigation, only postponed for five years one set of cases. The agreement instead opened new channels for potentiual litigation in the future, not only from the tribes but all the other stakeholders (farmers, power cos., etc.).
June 14, 2025 at 2:14 PM
1/ I hate to be that guy, but the 2023 agreement did not end the litigation, only postponed for five years one set of cases. The agreement instead opened new channels for potentiual litigation in the future, not only from the tribes but all the other stakeholders (farmers, power cos., etc.).
Photo by Jesse Nusbaum, I believe.
June 1, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Photo by Jesse Nusbaum, I believe.