Dina Gilio-Whitaker is an American academic, journalist and author, who studies Native Americans in the United States, decolonization and environmental justice.
10 Facts About Dina Gilio-Whitaker
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Dina Gilio-Whitaker is a member of the Colville Confederated Tribes.
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Dina Gilio-Whitaker is a Colville Confederated Tribes member who grew up in Southern California, moving to North Shore in the Hawaiian Islands in 1980.
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Dina Gilio-Whitaker returned to California, got married and moved to San Clemente.
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Dina Gilio-Whitaker's master's thesis, Panhe at the Crossroads: Toward an Indigenized Environmental Justice Discourse, was on the topic of indigenous American protests against a toll road being built on sacred land that was a significant surfing location.
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In 2016, Dina Gilio-Whitaker co-authored "All the Real Indians Died Off" and 20 Other Myths About Native Americans with Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz.
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Since 2017, Dina Gilio-Whitaker has lectured in American Indian Studies at California State University San Marcos, commuting from San Clemente, California.
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Dina Gilio-Whitaker was offered the position a year earlier, but declined due to book tour responsibilities.
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Dina Gilio-Whitaker is a senior research associate and policy director at the Center for World Indigenous Studies.
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Dina Gilio-Whitaker has volunteered for the Institute for Women Surfers, Native Like Water and the San Onofre Parks Foundation.