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SUMMARY:Book Talk: As Long As Grass Grows: The Indigenous Fight for Environmental Justice From Colonization to Standing Rock
DESCRIPTION:\nTuesday, May 14, 2019\n4–6 PM\nBunche Hall 6275\nThe UCLA American Indian Studies Center presents a special book talk with Indigenous researcher, activist, and author Dina Gilio-Whitaker on her forthcoming As Long As Grass Grows: The Indigenous Fight for Environmental Justice, from Colonization to Standing Rock, which “explores the fraught history of treaty violations, struggles for food and water security, and protection of sacred sites, while highlighting the important leadership of Indigenous women in this centuries-long struggle” (http://www.beacon.org/As-Long-as-Grass-Grows-P1445.aspx ( https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.beacon.org/As-Long-as-Grass-Grows-P1445.aspx&sa=D&ust=1551720878936000&usg=AFQjCNHmRd-ohz6jrtXalnaZI8k9eSgmwA )).\nDina Gilio-Whitaker (Colville Confederated Tribes) is a lecturer of American Indian Studies at California State University San Marcos, and a consultant and educator in environmental justice policy planning.  Dina’s research focuses on Indigenous nationalism, self-determination, environmental justice, and education. She also works within the field of critical sports studies, examining the intersections of indigeneity and the sport of surfing. Dina brings her scholarship into focus as an award-winning journalist as well, contributing to numerous online outlets including Indian Country Today, and most recently the Los Angeles Times. Dina is co-author with Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz of Beacon Press’s “All the Real Indians Died Off” and 20 Other Myths About Native Americans, and her forthcoming book, As Long as Grass Grows: The Indigenous Fight for Environmental Justice from Colonization to Standing Rock, is scheduled for release by Beacon Press in April 2019.\nRSVP at http://bit.ly/GilioWhitakerTalk ( http://bit.ly/GilioWhitakerTalk )\nLight refreshments will be provided.\nUCLA is a tobacco-free campus. All-day parking ($12-20) and short-term parking (payable at pay stations) are available in Lots 2, 3 and 4 (enter the campus at Hilgard and Westholme avenues). For more information, call 310-825-7315.\n
URL:https://main.aisc.ucla.edu/events/book-talk-as-long-as-grass-grows-the-indigenous-fight-for-environmental-justice-from-colonization-to-standing-rock/
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