Dina Gilio-Whitaker Talks About “As Long as Grass Grows: The Indigenous Fight for Environmental Justice, from Colonization to Standing Rock”-Listen to the Webinar
May 23rd was the final Environmental Justice Practitioners Network webinar of the 2018-2019 season, with special guest Dina Gilio-Whitaker.
Dina spoke about recently-released Beacon Press book, As Long as Grass Grows: The Indigenous Fight for Environmental Justice, from Colonization to Standing Rock. This book provides the history of Native peoples’ resistance to environmental injustice and is a call for environmentalists to learn from the Indigenous community’s rich history of activism. By viewing climate change from an Indigenous perspective, Gilio-Whitaker points to a way forward beyond Western conceptions of environmental justice — toward decolonization as the only viable solution.
You can hear a recording of her talk at https://www.youtube.com/watch?
Who: Dina Gilio-Whitaker (Colville Confederated Tribes) is an independent writer and researcher in Indigenous studies, having earned a bachelor’s degree in Native American Studies and a master’s degree in American Studies from the University of New Mexico, she also holds the position of research associate and associate scholar at the Center for World Indigenous Studies. Dina Gilio-Whitaker’s work focuses on issues related to Indigenous nationalism, self-determination, and environmental justice. Previous to her current book, she co-authored (with Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz) ‘All the Real Indians Died Off’ and 20 Other Myths about Native Americans.