Author: padraigkirwan5
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On the road in Oklamona, Part II
Following on from Shelley Angelie Saggar’s comprehensive and compelling review of the Sharing Lands’s travels through Oklahoma in March 2026, Padraig Kirwan reflects here on moments of continuance, diplomacy, community-building, and intergenerational connectedness that occurred during the trip. As with so many of our previous visits, our March tour of Choctaw Nation started at the…
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On the road in Oklahoma, Part I
In March 2026, the Sharing Lands team travelled to Oklahoma to record interviews with tribal members and conduct research in museums and cultural centres. Postdoctoral Researcher Dr Shelley Angelie Saggar shares her reflections on the trip. Just over a year after joining the Sharing Lands team, I was lucky enough to make the trip out…
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Renewal and Resilience in the Doolough Valley
In late January 2026, the Sharing Lands team headed west to Mayo to do some filming for an exhibition that is being developed by the Choctaw Nation for the Capitol Museum in Tuskahoma, Oklahoma. The exhibition will explore the history of the strong bond between the Choctaw Nation and the people of Ireland, and Sharing…
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Texas Time
One element of the Sharing Lands project has been a consideration of questions around inward migration, expansionist principles and policies, and the question of what it means for non-Choctaw – and non-Native peoples – to inhabit tribal lands. At the same time, we’ve also been considering not only the establishment of the Choctaw Nation of…
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Weaving Together
As the year drew to a close, we had the great pleasure of meeting with Aliyah Myers and Colton James, two basket makers from the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, as well as Tom Delaney, a weaver and artist from Mayo, Ireland. Being in conversation with these three makers afforded us some great insights into the…
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