This is the nineteenth post in my series that explores the most-used words in the top stories shared amongst Environmental Historians and Environmental Humanities scholars on Twitter each week.

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Here are the top articles amongst environmental historians and humanities scholars this past week (July 3 – July 9, 2017):

Monday: “kiskisiwin – remembering: Challenging Indigenous Erasure in Canada’s Public History Displays” by Jesse Thistle, ActiveHistory.ca

https://twitter.com/Niigaanwewidam/status/882096043361480704

Tuesday: “Shoal Lake 40 celebrates start of on-reserve construction of Freedom Road,” CTV News

Wednesday: “Blooming marvellous: the world’s first female photographer – and her botanical beauties” by Joanna Moorhead, The Guardian

Thursday: “Whewell’s Gazette: Year 3, Vol. #46,” Whewell’s Ghost

https://twitter.com/mica_amy/status/883230874547896320

Friday: “Silicosis’s toxic legacy offers deadly lessons for today” by Mica Jorgenson, The Conversation

Saturday: “Taking the long view – the very long view – on California water and drought” by Faith Kearns, The Confluence

Sunday: “The alt-right’s jocular façade is an attempt to deny responsibility” by Tabatha Southey, The Globe and Mail

Top Words

1. University

2. CfP

3. Science

4. History

5. July

6. Deadline

7. Museum

8. Conference 

9. history

10. September

Published by Jessica M. DeWitt

Dr. Jessica M. DeWitt is an environmental historian of Canada and the United States. She is passionate about the use of digital technologies to bridge the gap between the public and researchers. In addition to her community and professional work, she offers various editing and social media consultancy services.

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