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Sharing Lands I 3-year, AHRC-funded project examining legacies of the Choctaw-Irish Gift | LeAnne Howe (International Co-Investigator), Gillian O'Brien (Co-I), Padraig Kirwan (Principal Investigator) & Shelley Angelie Saggar (Postdoctoral Researcher)
We're thrilled to be joined by Jay Wesley (Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians), Director of the Department of Chahta Immi and culture and language advisor (as well as actor!) in #Sinners this evening. We're fully booked but keep an eye on our socials for last-minute spaces if you are in SE London!
Really looking forward to this screening of Sinners. We're at maximum capacity (not a spare seat in the house!) There will be a waitlist, so if you're still hoping to join us, but don't yet have a ticket, please do come & see if there's room. If we can, we'll 'let you in' 😉
We love public broadcasting! RTE is home to 'Nationwide', and will feature the Choctaw-Ireland Scholarship Programme at UCC tonight (Weds, Feb 18). You can watch internationally via the RTE Player @choctawnationOK #sharinglands @Choctaw_CC #chahtafoundation @ucc.ie
Join us for a special 'Sharing Lands' screening of 'Sinners', focusing on connections between African-American, Choctaw & Irish history. 🗓️Friday 27th February 🕕18.00-21.00 📍Goldsmiths, University of London, Richard Hoggart Building Cinema Book your free tickets: www.eventbrite.com/e/sharing-la...
Sharing Lands screening of 'Sinners'
Join us for a special 'Sharing Lands' screening of 'Sinners', focusing on connections between African-American, Choctaw & Irish history.
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We can't reveal too much for now, but the Sharing Lands team have been doing some filming in the West of Ireland for as part of their collaboration with the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma. More news soon @ sharinglands.com #choctawgift #irishfamine @gillianobrien.bsky.social @padraigkirwan.bsky.social
Happy New Year! (It's getting a bit late for that line, but we're keen to spread as much post-holiday cheer as we can, this "Blue Monday"!) We're delighted to say that the video featuring Aliyah, Colt, and Tom has just dropped: sharinglands.com/blog/ Enjoy & pls share!
We recently caught up with Choctaw artist Laura Huskey to hear how the history of the #ChoctawGift and Choctaw-Irish friendship inspires her practice. Read more over on our blog: sharinglands.com/2025/11/14/s...
Sharing Souls
Laura Huskey is a Choctaw artist and storyteller who believes that language and art are the foundations of keeping our cultures alive for future generations.
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📢Tonight!📢 Join Choctaw and Irish weavers as they discuss and demonstrate their crafts. Free to attend: www.eventbrite.com/e/weaving-to...
Weaving Together: A Conversation With Choctaw & Irish Basket Makers
Join Choctaw and Irish basket makers Aliyah Myers, Colton James, and Tom Delaney as they discuss and demonstrate their crafts.
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Gillian O'Brien@gillianobrien.bsky.social · 9mo agoI'm so excited about our @sharinglands.bsky.social online event on Thursday about #Irish & #Choctaw basket weaving traditions that I learnt the basics of basket weaving! But you can just make a cup of tea & tune in. It's free, just register at www.eventbrite.com/e/weaving-to...
We recently caught up with Choctaw artist Laura Huskey to hear how the history of the #ChoctawGift and Choctaw-Irish friendship inspires her practice. Read more over on our blog: sharinglands.com/2025/11/14/s...
Sharing Souls
Laura Huskey is a Choctaw artist and storyteller who believes that language and art are the foundations of keeping our cultures alive for future generations.
sharinglands.com
Visited us at @beinghumanfest.bsky.social and want to know more about the Choctaw-Irish connection? Join @padraigkirwan.bsky.social for a conversation with #Choctaw and #Irish weavers as they explore the resonances between their crafts. Free, booking required. www.eventbrite.com/e/weaving-to...
Weaving Together: A Conversation With Choctaw & Irish Basket Makers
Join Choctaw and Irish basket makers Aliyah Myers, Colton James, and Tom Delaney as they discuss and demonstrate their crafts.
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Sharing Lands was delighted with - and rather blown away by - the crowds, the energy, & the enthusiasm @ the Festival of Migration, held @TheAlbanySE8 on Saturday, November 18. Huge thanks to everyone who participated, & the organisers (especially @willcenci & our Goldsmiths' RKE colleagues).
Visit us *this Saturday!* On 8 November, come down to @thealbanyse8.bsky.social to sample Choctaw and Irish foods and share your 🌽 recipes whilst thinking about the Indigenous origins behind everyday global foods.
@sharinglands.bsky.social · 9mo agoIt's just under 2 weeks until @beinghumanfest.bsky.social 'Festival of Migration'! Come down to sample Choctaw and Irish recipes and discover the Indigenous histories behind everyday foods. @goldsmithsuol.bsky.social @goldsmithsenglish.bsky.social
On Samhain, & ahead of Día de los Muertos, we wanted to share a picture of the ofrenda (altar) on show @BriscoeMuseum. Complex, palimpsestic, layering's of pre-Christian & Catholic traditions are evident in both Irish & Indigenous cultures. Aztec culture honoured the dead in a month-long festival.
Everyone at Sharing Lands is truly excited about this upcoming event! Please do share details of this online event widely (& pop along if you can). Our thanks to Aliyah, Colt & Tom for their help, advice, & involvement so far.
Interested in the history of Seven Dials or London or the 1920s and 1930s? I'm doing some walking tours of the Dials with @stanfordstravel.bsky.social on Sat 15 Nov. There's loads to see, but Seven Dials is so small you don't need to walk far. manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/events/songs...
Corpus Christi: Irish children of the 1980s (ie some of the Sharing Lands team!) may associate Corpus Christi with something other than beautiful coastlines! (irishtimes.com/culture/heri...) Happily, our recent trip changed that, & immersed us in yet more fascinating, often challenging, histories...
A professor at Samuel Huston College, John was a prominent educator. He & Laura opened their home to travellers during the Jim Crow era, when white-owned lodgings turned Black customers away; their home featured in the Green Book. Laura continued the work after John's death.
We've lots to share about our recent trip to Texas, & want to start with the Limerick-Frazier house in Austin. Designed by Joseph Limerick, who was born in 1798 & left Ireland in 1850, the house was bought by John & Laura Allman Frazier in 1905.
It's just under 2 weeks until @beinghumanfest.bsky.social 'Festival of Migration'! Come down to sample Choctaw and Irish recipes and discover the Indigenous histories behind everyday foods. @goldsmithsuol.bsky.social @goldsmithsenglish.bsky.social
Being Human Festival@beinghumanfest.bsky.social · 10mo agoLondon audiences can get involved in many ways at this year's festival. From exploring poetry and place in Deptford, cabaret at Behind the Nightlight, Queer Maritimes at National Maritime Museum, music and songs at the Cockney Yiddish Podcast Live, and more! bit.ly/48SmZr5 #BeingHuman2025
250 years on from the signing of the Treaty of Doak's Stand, the Sharing Lands team reflect on this complex moment in Choctaw history, and the ways in which it represents tribal sovereignty and survivance today. sharinglands.com/2025/10/20/t...
The Treaty of Doak’s Stand: 250 years on
On the 250th anniversary of the Treaty of Doak’s Stand, we reflect on its particular history, and the complexities of sovereignty and dispossession it represents for Choctaw history.
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It's a busy week for our team!
@padraigkirwan.bsky.social · 10mo agoThis week, my colleagues @gillianobrien.bsky.social & Shelley Saggar are, respectively, attending the #worldfoodforum @fao.org in Rome, & putting finishing touches to the @sharinglands.bsky.social contribution to the Festival of Migration share.google/dBbu6QYQK7Ph... Brilliantly busy times!
Our postdoctoral researcher Dr Shelley Angelie Saggar wrote about her research on the culinary connections between Native American and Irish food cultures for @historyworkshop.org.uk 🌽
History Workshop@historyworkshop.org.uk · 10mo agoWhat connects the Irish Famine, the Choctaw Trail of Tears, and seasonal stories of survival? In this new article, Shelley Angelie Saggar from the @sharinglands.bsky.social project explores the intertwined histories of Indigenous and Irish food cultures.
We caught up with Skylee Glass, a former Choctaw-Ireland scholar at @ucc.ie this summer to find out more about her experience of studying in Ireland. Read Skylee's reflections on the future relationship between the Choctaw and Irish peoples over on our blog. sharinglands.com/2025/08/20/r...
Reflections on the Choctaw-Ireland Scholarship: Rediscovering Identity and Forging Lasting Alliances
Former Choctaw-Ireland scholarship recipient Skylee Glass reflects on her time in Ireland and the lasting bond between peoples that continues to this day.
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Great to see our research mentioned in July's issue of #Biskinik the tribal newspaper of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma. Look out for our PI @padraigkirwan.bsky.social who is quoted in the article about his participation in this year's ride! biskinik.com/news/choctaw...
Choctaw Nation Trail of Tears Bike Team: The journey of remembering our ancestors continues - Biskinik
Riders get first hand look at Trail of Tears.
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How do we move through the land with remembrance? Last month @padraigkirwan.bsky.social joined the @choctawnationOK 2025 #TrailOfTearsBikeTeam🚴 As the first Irish rider to join the team, he reflects on the 500 mile journey and how the Choctaw-Irish bond continues. sharinglands.com/2025/06/02/t...
To the finish line!
As the 2025 Trail of Tears Bike Team reach the end of this year’s ride, Dr Padraig Kirwan reflects back on the journey.
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Looking forward to reading this series! Keep an eye out for a special piece on #Choctaw #Irish mutual aid by our Postdoctoral Researcher, Dr Shelley Angelie Saggar.
History Workshop@historyworkshop.org.uk · last yr.How can we better approach the histories of Indigenous peoples? Mary Katherine Newman introduces a new History Workshop series which will introduce a range of scholars, educators, and activists and the ways in which they examine Indigenous histories. www.historyworkshop....
Thunderstorms, early starts and hopeful historical reflections... @padraigkirwan.bsky.social tells us about his first few days on the 2025 #TrailOfTears bike team. sharinglands.com/2025/05/19/a...
And they’re off!
Dr Padraig Kirwan gives us an insight into his first few days riding with the Choctaw Nation’s 2025 Trail of Tears Bike Team.
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Good luck to @padraigkirwan.bsky.social who begins his travels today!
@padraigkirwan.bsky.social · last yr.A day in the life of a bikebox.... SE4 to Calera, OK, ahead of the Trail of Tears Bike Ride. Excited to be the first Irish rider to join at the invitation of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma's bike team! You can support the riders here: gofund.me/f10bd86a #sharinglands #honouringthefaminegift
📣NEW POST📣 This week @padraigkirwan.bsky.social will travel to 🆗 to join the Choctaw Nation's 2025 #TrailOfTears bike team, continuing the long history of Irish-Choctaw solidarity epitomised by the #ChoctawGift Good luck to Padraig and Andrew on their travels! 🚴♂️ sharinglands.com/2025/05/13/r...
Routes of remembrance
In May 2025 Dr Padraig Kirwan will become the first Irish rider to join the Choctaw Nation’s annual Trail of Tears cycle team.
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