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Robbie Richardson
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Oinpegitjoig Mi'gmaw.

Wrote The Savage and Modern Self: North American Indians in 18th-Century British Literature and Culture. Next book on Indigenous material culture in the 18thc.

Teaches 18th-century lit and Indigenous Studies.
Another good Mi’gmaq language card from Listuguj
November 27, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Mimiges is a great word for butterfly
November 27, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Black ash for baskets is so important to our people that in one story Glooscap shoots an arrow into an ash tree and the first people emerged from it, singing and dancing
November 26, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Puglatmu'j are mythical little beings that steal your laundry in Mi’gmaq households and I wonder if this was made for them
November 26, 2025 at 5:58 PM
from Listuguj I believe, where the word for basket is ligpenign
November 26, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Reposted by Robbie Richardson
An Iñupiaq cribbage board made and painted by Wilbur Willuk in 1958 out of a whale's tooth.
November 22, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Very Melville coded
November 22, 2025 at 7:20 PM
An Iñupiaq cribbage board made and painted by Wilbur Willuk in 1958 out of a whale's tooth.
November 22, 2025 at 7:07 PM
As far as I can tell this was a popular type of tourist art by Alaskan Iñupiat until at least the mid-20th century
November 22, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Always proud to be an Indigenous cribbage player
November 21, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Reposted by Robbie Richardson
This brilliant poem by Layli Long Soldier was one of the class favourites from her book.
November 21, 2025 at 12:29 AM
One of my favourites too
November 21, 2025 at 6:11 PM