Robbie Richardson
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Robbie Richardson
@londonmikmaq.bsky.social
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.
“I look
at you and I would rather look at you than all the portraits in the world
except possibly for the Polish Rider occasionally and anyway it’s in the Frick
which thank heavens you haven’t gone to yet so we can go together for the first time”
December 17, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Especially important in a province that continually disregards Indigenous rights and sovereignty.
December 16, 2025 at 9:07 PM
"There is also a growing realization across Canada that Indigenous participation is necessary for both true reconciliation and climate resilience."
December 16, 2025 at 7:46 PM
To be fair to the council it has a government of Ontario sponsorship on the bottom
December 13, 2025 at 10:47 AM
It’s not turned into thread, it’s tufted (I’m no crafter so can’t speak to the specific technique!). Various Eastern Woodlands nations taught the moose hair embroidery technique to French nuns who used it extensively too. Ruth Phillips has written great work on it.
December 13, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Impressed they knew about him!
December 12, 2025 at 10:39 PM
The matching symmetry between both mitts is amazing considering it was stitched with moose hair
December 11, 2025 at 9:56 PM
I love how quillwork can look like beadwork. Major skils.
December 11, 2025 at 7:09 PM
The Naskapi often borrowed European clothing designs like the cut of this caribou-skin coat and in their hats, and made them very much into their own cultural and artistic expressions.
December 10, 2025 at 2:49 PM
There were a number of terrified children nearby
December 8, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Somewhat unexpected in Princeton ha
December 6, 2025 at 5:36 PM