Dina Gilio-Whitaker author biography, plus links to books by Dina Gilio-Whitaker.

Dina Gilio-Whitaker

Dina Gilio-Whitaker (Colville Confederated Tribes) is a lecturer of American Indian Studies at California State University San Marcos, and an independent consultant and educator in environmental justice policy planning. At CSUSM she teaches courses on environmentalism and American Indians, traditional ecological knowledge, religion and philosophy, Native women's activism, American Indians and sports, and decolonization. As a public intellectual, Dina brings her scholarship into focus as an award-winning journalist as well, contributing to numerous online outlets including Indian Country Today, the Los Angeles Times, High Country News and many more. Dina is co-author with Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz of "All the Real Indians Died Off": And 20 Other Myths About Native Americans, and As Long as Grass Grows: The Indigenous Fight for Environmental Justice from Colonization to Standing Rock.

This biography was last updated on 10/07/2025.

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