How rum fuelled ‘alcoholic capitalism’ in Canada’s early economy
How rum fuelled ‘alcoholic capitalism’ in Canada’s early economy
CBC: Journalist plans to create new archive of residential school survivor stories — before it’s too late. “A new project from award-winning journalist Connie Walker aims to create an archive of testimonies of abuse at residential schools before the accounts are destroyed in September 2027.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/04/15/cbc-journalist-plans-to-create-new-archive-of-residential-school-survivor-stories-before-its-too-late/@wyatt_h_knott Actually, the Aztecs invented rubber, which was re-invented in the 1800s. I just found out about that myself.
Aztec, Maya Were Rubber-Making Masters?
Ancients blended plant juices to get bouncier or tougher rubber, study says.
By Rachel Kaufman
Published June 30, 2010
"Ancient civilizations in much of #Mexico and #CentralAmerica were making different grades of rubber 3,000 years before Charles #Goodyear 'stabilized' the stuff in the mid-19th century, new research suggests.
"The #Aztec, #Olmec, and #Maya of #Mesoamerica are known to have made rubber using natural latex—a milky, sap-like fluid found in some plants. Mesoamerica extends roughly from central Mexico to Honduras and Nicaragua.
"Ancient rubber makers harvested #latex from #RubberTrees and mixed it with juice from #MorningGlory vines, which contains a chemical that makes the solidified latex less brittle."
Archived version:
https://archive.ph/XMpwr
#AncientTechnology #SolarPunkSunday #TraditionalTechnology #IndigenousHistory
Vancouver City News: TMU research group working to preserve accounts of residential school survivors . “Thousands of residential school survivors, who spent years sharing their experiences as a way to find healing, closure, and accountability, are facing the prospect of losing the largest archive of their testimonies, which is set to be destroyed next year. However, the Survivors Secretariat, a […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/03/29/vancouver-city-news-tmu-research-group-working-to-preserve-accounts-of-residential-school-survivors/
Vancouver City News: TMU research group working to preserve accounts of residential school survivors . “Thousands of residential school survivors, who spent years sharing their experiences as…
"While the media portrays the ancient cultural heritage of Amazonian peoples as somehow less significant than Stonehenge, the Sistine Chapel, and Jerusalem, archaeology may help uncover the millennia-old histories of original populations silenced through time"
#IndigenousKnowledge #IndigenousRights #Amazonia #Archeology #IndigenousHistory
Enough of lost kingdoms: the Amazon has its own history, and archaeology helps tell it
https://sumauma.com/en/chega-de-reinos-perdidos-a-amazonia-tem-suas-proprias-historias/

While the media portrays the ancient cultural heritage of Amazonian peoples as somehow less significant than Stonehenge, the Sistine Chapel, and Jerusalem, archaeology may help uncover the millennia-old histories of original populations silenced through time
Gwich’in, Food Sovereignty, and Environmental Justice in the Arctic Coastal Plain
#EnvironmentalHistory #activism #CanadianHistory #EnvironmentalHistory #IndigenousHistory #PoliticalHistory #USHistory #podcast #histodons #history @histodons
State of Delaware: Diverse Histories Virtual Exhibit Launches, Expanding Delaware’s Story Beyond 1776 . “Delaware 250 has officially launched the Delaware’s Diverse Histories virtual exhibit, an online experience that highlights voices often underrepresented in traditional Revolutionary-era narratives. Long before independence was declared, the land that is now Delaware was home to the […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/03/01/state-of-delaware-diverse-histories-virtual-exhibit-launches-expanding-delawares-story-beyond-1776/
State of Delaware: Diverse Histories Virtual Exhibit Launches, Expanding Delaware’s Story Beyond 1776 . “Delaware 250 has officially launched the Delaware’s Diverse Histories virtual exhibit,…
𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜’𝗺 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴: "𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮" 𝗯𝘆 𝗡𝗲𝗱 𝗕𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗵𝗮𝘄𝗸 -
After reading Dunbar-Ortiz's history, Blackhawk slows down to offer a more thorough examination of indigenous America. Will be taking my time on this one!
#books #bookreviews #tbr #tbrpile #tbrlist #quotes #reading #nedblackhawk #therediscoveryofamerica #history #americanhistory #ushistory #indigenoushistory #indigenoussovereignty #selfdetermination #colonization #imperialism