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	{{Library work\|title=Speaking of Indigenous Politics: Conversations With Activists, Scholars, and Tribal Leaders\|author=J. Kēhaulani Kauanui\|published_date=2018}}The interview with Jean M. O'Brien was previously published as "Settler Logics and Writ- ing Indians Out of Existence: A Conversation between J. Kehaulani Kauanui and Jean M. O'Brien," special issue on settler colonialism for Politica & Società, Michele Spanò, guest ed- itor (June 2012): 259-78. The interview with Patrick Wolfe was previously published as "Set- tler Colonialism Then and Now: A Conversation between J. Kehaulani Kauanui and Patrick Wolfe," special issue on settler colonialism for Politica & Società, Michele Spanò, guest editor (June 2012): 235-58. Reprinted with permission.		{{Library work\|title=Speaking of Indigenous Politics: Conversations With Activists, Scholars, and Tribal Leaders\|image=Speaking of indigenous politics by J Kehaulani Kauanui book cover.jpg\|author=J. Kēhaulani Kauanui\|published_date=2018}}

			The interview with Jean M. O'Brien was previously published as "Settler Logics and Writ- ing Indians Out of Existence: A Conversation between J. Kehaulani Kauanui and Jean M. O'Brien," special issue on settler colonialism for Politica & Società, Michele Spanò, guest ed- itor (June 2012): 259-78. The interview with Patrick Wolfe was previously published as "Set- tler Colonialism Then and Now: A Conversation between J. Kehaulani Kauanui and Patrick Wolfe," special issue on settler colonialism for Politica & Società, Michele Spanò, guest editor (June 2012): 235-58. Reprinted with permission.

	In memory of Gale Courey Toensing (1946-2018), a Connecticut-based journalist of Palestinian and Lebanese descent who was an outstanding staff reporter for Indian Country Today. Her friendship and significant work covering Indigenous issues in Native North America were instructive and continue to inspire me.		In memory of Gale Courey Toensing (1946-2018), a Connecticut-based journalist of Palestinian and Lebanese descent who was an outstanding staff reporter for Indian Country Today. Her friendship and significant work covering Indigenous issues in Native North America were instructive and continue to inspire me.
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	Let me end by pointing out the very first thing that this Indigenous ethical imperative is going to demand, which is this: regardless of whom in the Indige- nous world you are talking to and where you are hoping to make an impact, the first thing you should do is take a good look around and figure out where you are. Whether or not that sounds simple or complicated, do yourself a favor and read these interviews for a great example of how to start from where you are.		Let me end by pointing out the very first thing that this Indigenous ethical imperative is going to demand, which is this: regardless of whom in the Indige- nous world you are talking to and where you are hoping to make an impact, the first thing you should do is take a good look around and figure out where you are. Whether or not that sounds simple or complicated, do yourself a favor and read these interviews for a great example of how to start from where you are.

	== Introduction ==		== Introduction: Indigenous Politics from Native New England and Beyond ==
	Indigenous Politics from Native New England and Beyond

	The state of Native and Indigenous political resurgence and resistance in this twenty-first century moment is exciting and has much to teach the rest of the world. We can see this in the ongoing #NoDAPL struggle to stop the Dako- ta Access Pipeline. The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe who led this effort is guid- ed by the principle of "Mni wiconi": "Water is life." We have also witnessed a fierce stance in the battle over the Thirty Meter Telescope at Mauna a Wakea on Hawai'i Island, a $1.4 billion project for an eighteen-story observatory on the summit that Kanaka Maoli (Native Hawaiians) consider sacred. Calling out to "Ku Kia'i Mauna," Kanaka Maoli protectors have taken up the struggle to guard the mountain. Both are cases of Indigenous resistance to extractive economies, rampant capitalism, and militarized violence and involve thousands of Indig- enous individuals and diverse allies lending their support and solidarity. And in December 2017, Trump announced he would reduce the size of Bears Ears National Monument in southern Utah-a site sacred to Indigenous peoples in the region-in order to open it up for mining. Leading the resistance, the Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition-launched by the Hopi Tribe, Navajo Nation, Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, Pueblo of Zuni, and the Ute Indian Tribe-has amassed the support of thirty tribal nations with ancestral, historical, and contemporary ties to the Bears Ears region committed to protecting the site and advancing their own Bears Ears conservation proposal. While these struggles eventually gained some mainstream media attention, most Indigenous peoples' activism is too often invisible to the dominant, settler-colonial society. This underscores the importance of independent media in making visible the diverse struggles and forms of resistance.		The state of Native and Indigenous political resurgence and resistance in this twenty-first century moment is exciting and has much to teach the rest of the world. We can see this in the ongoing #NoDAPL struggle to stop the Dako- ta Access Pipeline. The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe who led this effort is guid- ed by the principle of "Mni wiconi": "Water is life." We have also witnessed a fierce stance in the battle over the Thirty Meter Telescope at Mauna a Wakea on Hawai'i Island, a $1.4 billion project for an eighteen-story observatory on the summit that Kanaka Maoli (Native Hawaiians) consider sacred. Calling out to "Ku Kia'i Mauna," Kanaka Maoli protectors have taken up the struggle to guard the mountain. Both are cases of Indigenous resistance to extractive economies, rampant capitalism, and militarized violence and involve thousands of Indig- enous individuals and diverse allies lending their support and solidarity. And in December 2017, Trump announced he would reduce the size of Bears Ears National Monument in southern Utah-a site sacred to Indigenous peoples in the region-in order to open it up for mining. Leading the resistance, the Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition-launched by the Hopi Tribe, Navajo Nation, Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, Pueblo of Zuni, and the Ute Indian Tribe-has amassed the support of thirty tribal nations with ancestral, historical, and contemporary ties to the Bears Ears region committed to protecting the site and advancing their own Bears Ears conservation proposal. While these struggles eventually gained some mainstream media attention, most Indigenous peoples' activism is too often invisible to the dominant, settler-colonial society. This underscores the importance of independent media in making visible the diverse struggles and forms of resistance.

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	PATRICK WOLFE (1949-2016), one of the premier scholars of settler colonial- ism, was a Charles La Trobe Research Fellow in the history department at La Trobe University in Australia. His books include Settler Colonialism and the Transformation of Anthropology and Traces of History: Elementary Structures of Race. He also edited The Settler Complex: Recuperating Binarism in Colonial Studies.		PATRICK WOLFE (1949-2016), one of the premier scholars of settler colonial- ism, was a Charles La Trobe Research Fellow in the history department at La Trobe University in Australia. His books include Settler Colonialism and the Transformation of Anthropology and Traces of History: Elementary Structures of Race. He also edited The Settler Complex: Recuperating Binarism in Colonial Studies.
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