Alessandra La Rocca Link
@laroccalink.bsky.social
Historian. Educator. 📖 The Iron Horse in Indian Country (OUP, 2025) 📖. https://www.alessandralink.com/
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Hi, everyone! I am finally Bluesky-ing (is this a verb we use here?)! A little bit about me:
1. I am a historian trained in the American West and Indigenous histories. When it comes to research and writing, I tend to think a lot about relationships between culture, technology, and the enviro.
1. I am a historian trained in the American West and Indigenous histories. When it comes to research and writing, I tend to think a lot about relationships between culture, technology, and the enviro.
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Planning for Railroads in Native America, Sacramento 2026 is in full swing! Our call for artists deadline is fast approaching (May 31!). Interested parties can sign up here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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May 28, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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Planning for Railroads in Native America, Sacramento 2026 is in full swing! Our call for artists deadline is fast approaching (May 31!). Interested parties can sign up here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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May 28, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Planning for Railroads in Native America, Sacramento 2026 is in full swing! Our call for artists deadline is fast approaching (May 31!). Interested parties can sign up here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Planning for Railroads in Native America, Sacramento 2026 is in full swing! Our call for artists deadline is fast approaching (May 31!). Interested parties can sign up here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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May 28, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Planning for Railroads in Native America, Sacramento 2026 is in full swing! Our call for artists deadline is fast approaching (May 31!). Interested parties can sign up here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Our Summer #HagleyHistoryHangout lineup features:
@courtneyslavin.bsky.social
Joris Mercelis
@smueller.bsky.social
@amoterocleves.bsky.social
Monica Geraffo
Leo Garofalo
@laroccalink.bsky.social
Joel Swai Praz
@courtneyslavin.bsky.social
Joris Mercelis
@smueller.bsky.social
@amoterocleves.bsky.social
Monica Geraffo
Leo Garofalo
@laroccalink.bsky.social
Joel Swai Praz
April 28, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Our Summer #HagleyHistoryHangout lineup features:
@courtneyslavin.bsky.social
Joris Mercelis
@smueller.bsky.social
@amoterocleves.bsky.social
Monica Geraffo
Leo Garofalo
@laroccalink.bsky.social
Joel Swai Praz
@courtneyslavin.bsky.social
Joris Mercelis
@smueller.bsky.social
@amoterocleves.bsky.social
Monica Geraffo
Leo Garofalo
@laroccalink.bsky.social
Joel Swai Praz
Life highlight: riding my bike to purchase The Iron Horse in Indian Country from my favorite local bookstore! Somehow it arrived there before my author copies? Thrilled it is out in the world!
April 11, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Life highlight: riding my bike to purchase The Iron Horse in Indian Country from my favorite local bookstore! Somehow it arrived there before my author copies? Thrilled it is out in the world!
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“The termination of your grant represents an urgent priority for this administration”
My NEH grant has been terminated
Incredible when the funding for your book about the educational culture wars is cut as a result of the educational culture wars
You can’t say history isn’t relevant
My NEH grant has been terminated
Incredible when the funding for your book about the educational culture wars is cut as a result of the educational culture wars
You can’t say history isn’t relevant
April 4, 2025 at 10:37 AM
“The termination of your grant represents an urgent priority for this administration”
My NEH grant has been terminated
Incredible when the funding for your book about the educational culture wars is cut as a result of the educational culture wars
You can’t say history isn’t relevant
My NEH grant has been terminated
Incredible when the funding for your book about the educational culture wars is cut as a result of the educational culture wars
You can’t say history isn’t relevant
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"I don't want a Disney vacation of our history! I don't a whitewashed history, I don't want a homogenized history. Tell me the wretched truth about America, because that speaks to our greatness" -- 20 hours into his speech, Cory Booker is spitting absolute 🔥
April 1, 2025 at 7:47 PM
"I don't want a Disney vacation of our history! I don't a whitewashed history, I don't want a homogenized history. Tell me the wretched truth about America, because that speaks to our greatness" -- 20 hours into his speech, Cory Booker is spitting absolute 🔥
Authoritarianism relies on a re-writing of history. We find them cooking up falsehoods of past to better feed their falsehoods of present.
I join the chorus of historians alarmed and outraged by this and am glad to see the AHA and others speaking out.
I join the chorus of historians alarmed and outraged by this and am glad to see the AHA and others speaking out.
The AHA has released a statement in support of the Smithsonian Institution, the target of the recent EO, “Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History.” This order “egregiously misrepresents the work of the Smithsonian Institution” and “completely misconstrues the nature of historical work.” 🗃️
Historians Defend the Smithsonian - AHA
The American Historical Association has released a statement in support of the Smithsonian Institution, the target of the recent executive order, “Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History.” This...
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April 1, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Authoritarianism relies on a re-writing of history. We find them cooking up falsehoods of past to better feed their falsehoods of present.
I join the chorus of historians alarmed and outraged by this and am glad to see the AHA and others speaking out.
I join the chorus of historians alarmed and outraged by this and am glad to see the AHA and others speaking out.
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Heinous.
BREAKING: Layoffs begin at US health agencies charged with tracking disease, conducting research, regulating food and drugs.
Layoffs begin at US health agencies charged with tracking disease, researching, regulating food
Employees across the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services have begun receiving notices of dismissal in a major overhaul expected to ultimately lay off up to 10,000 people.
bit.ly
April 1, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Heinous.
Railroads in Native America is taking shape on the homelands of Nisenan, Southern Maidu, Plains and Valley Miwok, and Patwin Wintun (Sacramento, California)! Please share this call for artists. Submissions due May 1. Info on the event and the call here: www.californiarailroad.museum/events/railr...
Railroads in Native America Forum
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California State Railroad Museum
An Exploration of the Impact of Railroads in Indigenous Communities
www.californiarailroad.museum
April 1, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Railroads in Native America is taking shape on the homelands of Nisenan, Southern Maidu, Plains and Valley Miwok, and Patwin Wintun (Sacramento, California)! Please share this call for artists. Submissions due May 1. Info on the event and the call here: www.californiarailroad.museum/events/railr...
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List of words/phrases Trump and his lackeys have flagged in executive branch programs.
Day 16
#ShoutThemOut #bannedwords #censorship
unconscious bias
underappreciated
underprivileged
underrepresentation
underrepresented
underserved
undervalued
victim
victims
vulnerable populations
Day 16
#ShoutThemOut #bannedwords #censorship
unconscious bias
underappreciated
underprivileged
underrepresentation
underrepresented
underserved
undervalued
victim
victims
vulnerable populations
March 30, 2025 at 5:04 PM
List of words/phrases Trump and his lackeys have flagged in executive branch programs.
Day 16
#ShoutThemOut #bannedwords #censorship
unconscious bias
underappreciated
underprivileged
underrepresentation
underrepresented
underserved
undervalued
victim
victims
vulnerable populations
Day 16
#ShoutThemOut #bannedwords #censorship
unconscious bias
underappreciated
underprivileged
underrepresentation
underrepresented
underserved
undervalued
victim
victims
vulnerable populations
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Excellent 101 second summary “Greenland was not for sale and it’s still not for sale” and centering Indigenous perspectives with Professor Asta Monstad 🗃️
Excellent 101 second summary “Greenland was not for sale and it’s still not for sale” and centering Indigenous perspectives with Professor Asta Monstad 🗃️
Professor explains Greenland in 101 seconds | 101 in 101
YouTube video by UC Berkeley
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March 30, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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Excellent 101 second summary “Greenland was not for sale and it’s still not for sale” and centering Indigenous perspectives with Professor Asta Monstad 🗃️
Excellent 101 second summary “Greenland was not for sale and it’s still not for sale” and centering Indigenous perspectives with Professor Asta Monstad 🗃️
Hi, everyone! I am finally Bluesky-ing (is this a verb we use here?)! A little bit about me:
1. I am a historian trained in the American West and Indigenous histories. When it comes to research and writing, I tend to think a lot about relationships between culture, technology, and the enviro.
1. I am a historian trained in the American West and Indigenous histories. When it comes to research and writing, I tend to think a lot about relationships between culture, technology, and the enviro.
March 20, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Hi, everyone! I am finally Bluesky-ing (is this a verb we use here?)! A little bit about me:
1. I am a historian trained in the American West and Indigenous histories. When it comes to research and writing, I tend to think a lot about relationships between culture, technology, and the enviro.
1. I am a historian trained in the American West and Indigenous histories. When it comes to research and writing, I tend to think a lot about relationships between culture, technology, and the enviro.
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I’m thrilled to share that Native Nations has won the Bancroft Prize www.nytimes.com/2025/03/05/a...
Histories of Native America and the Port of Los Angeles Win Bancroft Prize
The award, one of the most prestigious among scholars of American history, honors “scope, significance, depth of research and richness of interpretation.”
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March 5, 2025 at 7:35 PM
I’m thrilled to share that Native Nations has won the Bancroft Prize www.nytimes.com/2025/03/05/a...