Dina Gilio-Whitaker: Legitimacy, Belonging, and Accountability in the U.S. Settler State
Dina Gilio-Whitaker, a notable author, speaker, and environmental justice expert will cross-examine concepts of legitimacy, belonging, and accountability; April 11.
- date: 04/11/22
- time: 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
- location: Zoom / CEC 230 and 231 for those registered for in-person. • maps
- contact: Todd Richardson, Ph.D. - Goodrich Scholarship Program • 402.554.2274 • toddrichardson@unomaha.edu
Notable author and speaker Dina Gilio-Whitaker is well known for her work in environmental justice theory, which cross-examines what EJ looks like from an American Indian perspective. In new work, she examines what legitimacy, belonging, and accountability mean in a state founded on the ideas and actions of violent takeover and those narratives. The land that became the home of the United States was dispossessed from Indigenous peoples under conditions of force and theft.
She argues that analysis on race and racialization is incomplete to understand environmental justice and belonging. She encourages people to think about what democracy, justice, and sustainability look like when land is centered.
About the Author
Dina Gilio-Whitaker is a lecturer of American Indian studies at California State University San Marcos and a member of the Colville Confederated Tribes (Unitarian Universalist Association, 2022). She is the author of "As Long as Grass Grows: The Indigenous Fight for Environmental Justice, from Colonization to Standing Rock" (Beacon Press, 2019) and coauthor, with Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, of "All the Real Indians Died Off” and 20 Other Myths About Native Americans" (Beacon Press, 2016).
Event Details
The university and the public are invited to attend, with registration required. The format of this event is in-person and on zoom. In-person registration is limited to a total number of seats.