Dina Gilio-Whitaker

Dina Gilio-Whitaker is an American academic, journalist, and author, who studies Native Americans in the United States, decolonization, and environmental justice. Her mother was a Colville tribal citizen. In 2017, she wrote a chapter of The Critical Surfer Reader titled "Appropriating Surfing and the Politics of Indigenous Authenticity".

In 2019, Gilio-Whitaker published As Long as Grass Grows. The book outlines the effect of American settlers on indigenous Americans since 1492, the modern environmentalism movement and indigenous approaches to environmental stewardship.

Gilio-Whitaker is also a senior research associate and policy director at the Center for World Indigenous Studies. She runs the company DGW Consulting. She maintains a blog, Ruminative.

Personal In 1980, Gilio-Whitaker moved to North Shore in the Hawaiian Islands. She returned to California, got married, and moved to San Clemente, California. She is a surfer.

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