Bumped from CNN today, but I have a feeling this Smithsonian story isn't going away.
Samuel J. Redman
@samueljredman.bsky.social
Historian and author of Bone Rooms (Harvard, 2016), Prophets and Ghosts (Harvard, 2021), The Museum (NYU, 2022), and Tarnished Promises (Colorado, 2026)
I'll be on MS Now later today and CNN tomorrow to talk about the Smithsonian and the fight for the future of public history.
Since my last book came out, the number of AI-authored solicitations to "feature" your book in some promotion has grown enormously. I'm getting 1-2 of these a day right now.
My new book, Tarnished Promises: Indian Peace Medals in North America, is now available from University Press of Colorado and the Denver Museum of Nature & Science. upcolorado.com/university-p... #nonfiction #history #museums #NativeAmerican #medals
Tarnished Promises
Tarnished Promises
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My new book, Tarnished Promises: Indian Peace Medals in North America, is now available through University Press of Colorado and the Denver Museum of Nature & Science - upcolorado.com/university-p...
My new book, Tarnished Promises: Indian Peace Medals in North America, is now available from University Press of Colorado and the Denver Museum of Nature & Science. upcolorado.com/university-p... #nonfiction #history #museums #NativeAmerican #medals
Tarnished Promises
Tarnished Promises
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The first book on #peacemedals using an #anticolonialist perspective, "Tarnished Promises" by @samueljredman.bsky.social is significant for #numismatics, #Americanhistory, #Indigenousstudies, and #museumcollections. Use promo code REDM26 to get 40% off this week! tinyurl.com/yc7ewx5n
Thanks to everyone who has supported me in launching my new book, Tarnished Promises: Indian Peace Medals in North America. Please reach out if you are interested in having me speak about the book this fall! upcolorado.com/university-p... #museums #history #nonfiction #NativeAmerican #diplomacy
Tarnished Promises
Tarnished Promises
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Did you know there were 100+ men's and 14 women's baseball teams at Manzanar? Today in #AHAPerspectives, @americanstudier.bsky.social writes about the Japanese Americans who used baseball "to keep joy and passion and community alive in these dark places and times" during their incarceration in WWII.
Diamonds in the Rough – AHA
Baseball became a powerful form of collective resistance for Japanese Americans incarcerated during World War II.
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Thinking back to the time I gave a public lecture about Bone Rooms and that guy asked me what to do with his wife's body when she dies.
The Table of Contents + Introduction for my new book, Tarnished Promises: Indian Peace Medals in North America, now available on the University of Colorado Press website. Let me know what you think! upcolorado.com/university-p... #history #nonfiction #books #NativeAmericanHistory #museums #heritage
The Table of Contents + Introduction for my new book, Tarnished Promises: Indian Peace Medals in North America, now available on the University of Colorado Press website. Let me know what you think! upcolorado.com/university-p... #history #nonfiction #books #NativeAmericanHistory #museums #heritage
Lonnie Bunch is a national treasure. This just makes me so sad on so many levels. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/28/a...
Curating in the Cross Hairs: Is This the Smithsonian Chief’s Last Show?
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I'm pleased to share another editorial review of my new book, Tarnished Promises: Indian Peace Medals in North America. Link: upcolorado.com/university-p...
It is a beautiful, sun-filled morning. But just to keep everything even, I accidentally spilled both coffee and cranberry juice on my pants.
100 days from the release of my new book, Tarnished Promises: Indian Peace Medals in North America. Please feel free to reach out if you'd like to learn more or discuss a future speaking opportunity. upcolorado.com/university-p... #history #nonfiction #books #medals #NativeAmericanHistory #museums
100 days from the release of my new book, Tarnished Promises: Indian Peace Medals in North America. Please feel free to reach out if you'd like to learn more or discuss a future speaking opportunity. upcolorado.com/university-p... #history #nonfiction #books #medals #NativeAmericanHistory #museums
It's publication day for **THY WILL BE DONE: GEORGE WASHINGTON'S LEGACY OF SLAVERY AND THE FIGHT FOR AMERICAN MEMORY** at last! I have a new piece at @time.com about what our struggle to remember George Washington and slavery can teach us as we commemorate the 250th. time.com/article/2026...
America’s 250th Is Repeating a Familiar Mistake
The push to downplay slavery today echoes the 1932 Washington Bicentennial, writes John Garrison Marks.
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My family really fumbled the bag when they sold the Redman Ice Cream Company. I could have been like Willy Wonka, but with ice cream.
Geeked to see Tarnished Promises go "live" on websites like Barnes & Noble - www.barnesandnoble.com/w/tarnished-...
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Nearing the end of a long journey, I am thrilled to finally see the cover of my forthcoming book, Tarnished Promises: Indian Peace Medals in North America. For more on the book: upcolorado.com/university-p... For more on the image, a painting by T.C. Cannon: online.nmartmuseum.org/nmhistory/ar...
“When power corrupts, poetry cleanses.” In October 1963, JFK spoke about the role of the poet and poetry at the dedication of the Robert Frost Library at Amherst College. Happy #WorldPoetryDay!
Nearing the end of a long journey, I am thrilled to finally see the cover of my forthcoming book, Tarnished Promises: Indian Peace Medals in North America. For more on the book: upcolorado.com/university-p... For more on the image, a painting by T.C. Cannon: online.nmartmuseum.org/nmhistory/ar...
"An URR museum in Albany, New York, is suing the Trump administration over a federal grant that it says was canceled on the basis of race, arguing that the president’s broad anti-diversity crusade violates constitutional protections against discrimination." www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Museum that explores how enslaved people were freed sues over grant cancellation
The founders of an Underground Railroad history site in Albany, New York, claim the Trump administration’s funding cuts were aimed at marginalizing Black history.
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A federal arts commission will weigh whether to approve a commemorative 24-karat gold coin featuring Donald Trump today. Democrats and members of another federal committee say the idea is deeply inappropriate and potentially illegal.
Trump’s face on a gold coin? His hand-picked panel will decide.
The proposal has already been rejected by members of a separate federal coin committee — and panned by former member Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
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Thanks to James Millward, Chandra Manning and everyone else with Citizen Historians, who are doing the important work of protecting OUR history from censorship. 🗃️ www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
Meet the volunteer army fighting to save the Smithsonian from censorship
As Trump seeks to reshape its museums and other cultural institutions, wall text has become a battleground and documentation a form of resistance.
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Our workshop "Consulting in a Changing Landscape" was accepted into the 2026 conference for @ncph.bsky.social and the @aaslh.org! This workshop focuses on consulting in public history, archives, museums, and historic preservation for those currently in the field, or looking to make a career change.
