Dina Gilio-Whitaker is a lecturer of American Indian studies at California State University San Marcos and a member of the Colville Confederated Tribes. 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).
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By Dina Gilio-Whitaker
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The problem with wildernessDina Gilio-WhitakerThe American environmental movement is rooted historically in ideas about pristine wilderness, free from human presence, that replicate colonial patterns of white supremacy and settler privilege. Native-led movements are changing the script.